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cn type 8437

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
ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑ ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ
Design
Prize crown, containing two palm branches.
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Persons

Sitter: Severus Alexander 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
6 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 33 mm / Min: 30 mm
Average Weight
17.08 g (3x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 102, nr. 1732-1734, pl. 99  ❐

Literature

Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 105, nr. 98 ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.484  🔍

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cn type 8437, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8437 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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