cn type 8283

Edition

An edition has been created for this type.🔍

Mint

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/types/8283 [Last downloaded: 2025/03/16]

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