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cn type 8421

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 222-235 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕVΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑVΓ
Design
Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹ ΑΙΜΙ ΣΕVΗΡΟV
Design
Nike standing left, holding palm branch and wreath; left, altar surmounted by Corinthian helmet.
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Type variations

1. Avers without Cippus.

Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Magistrate: Aemilius Severus 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 32 mm / Min: 26 mm
Average Weight
12.43 g (8x)
Axes
7 (3x) 12 (1x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 98, nr. 1700-1703, pl. 96, pic. 1700-1703  ❐

Literature

Pick, Die Personen- und Götternamen auf Kaisermünzen von Byzantion 27, 1895 p. 47, nr. 20b ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.487  🔍

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cn type 8421, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8421 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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