cn type 8245
cn type 8245-0
cn type 8245-1
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Mint
Hoard
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cn type 8245

Mint
Sestos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

193-211 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ ΑV ϹΕ ϹΕΟVΗΡΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ϹΗϹΤΙΩΝ
Design
Hero and Leander: nude Leander swimming right; to right, Hero standing on top of tower, holding lamp.
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Persons

Sitter: Septimius Severus 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
22 mm (1x)
Average Weight
7.50 g (2x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Citation

Schlüter, Hero und Leander auf den antiken Münzen von Abydos und Sestos, 1985 p. 59, nr. 2, pic. 14  ❐

editions

cn.sestus.1_ed.87  🔍

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cn type 8245, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8245 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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