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cn type 8283

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Sestos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑV Κ Μ ΑV ϹЄ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of bearded Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ϹΗϹΤΙΩΝ
Design
Hero and Leander: to left, nude Leander swimming right; behind, cloak and sword; above, Eros, holding torch; to right, Hero standing on top of tower, holding lamp.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
29 mm (2x)
Average Weight
11.60 g (2x)
Axes
1 (1x) 2 (1x)
Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values III Band 3, Thrace (from Perinthus to Trajanopolis), 2007 p. 323, nr. 2987 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/1139 ❐

editions

cn.sestus.1_ed.94  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 8283, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8283 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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