cn type 8253
cn type 8253-0
cn type 8253-1
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cn type 8253

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Sestos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

27 BC-14 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ϹЄΒΑϹΤΟΥ
Design
Bare head of Augustus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ϹΗϹ
Design
Cornucopia.
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Persons

Sitter: Augustus 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
16 mm (2x)
Average Weight
2.62 g (2x)
Axes
1 (1x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1741

Citation

Burnett et al., RPC I: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. I: From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius: 44 BC-AD 69, London [u.a.] 1992 p. 318, nr. 1741, pl. 83  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 319, nr. 2966 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1741 ❐

editions

cn.sestus.1_ed.74  🔍

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cn type 8253, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8253 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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