cn type 2840

Mint

Adramyttion 🔍 ❐
Region: Mysia ❐

Date

222-235 AD
Roman Imperial Period  🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹЄ(Β) ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ

Design

Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑVΡ(Η) ΓΑΙΟV Β ΝЄ ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ

Design

Asclepius standing right, holding serpent-staff in left hand.
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Persons

Sitter

Severus Alexander 🔍 ❐

Strategos

Aurelius Gaios 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze  🔍 ❐

Diameter

Max: 27 mm / Min: 23 mm

Average Weight

7.18 g (14x)

Axes

5 (2x) 6 (7x) 7 (1x) 11 (1x)

Public Commentary

Unterschiedliche Schreibweise von ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC in der Vs.-Legende.

Citation

Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913 p. 54-55, nr. 161-166  ❐

Calomino, RPC VI: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. VI: From Elagabalus to Maximinus Thrax (AD 218–238). online nr. 4133-4134  ❐

Stauber et al., Die Bucht von Adramytteion, Bonn 1996 p. 232, nr. 234-241  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4133  ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4134  ❐

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cn type 2840, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2840 [Last downloaded: 2025/11/09]

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