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cn type 8259

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Sestos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

41-54 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Design
Laureate head of Claudius, left.
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Reverse
Legend
ϹΗϹΤΙΩΝ
Design
Lyre.
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Persons

Sitter: Claudius 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 18.5 mm / Min: 15 mm
Average Weight
4.07 g (6x)
Axes
11 (1x) 12 (1x)
Public Commentary

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1743

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. 1743, pl. 83  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 320, nr. 2971 ❐

Fox, Two numismatic puzzles from 1st century Sestus, 2015 p. 38-39 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1743 ❐

editions

cn.sestus.1_ed.77  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 8259, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8259 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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