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Obverse of a worn Roman bronze coin: a laureate bust facing left with a raised hand before it, and a Greek legend around the edge
Photograph of the object Bronze coin of Cyzicus in Asia Minor, 222-235 CE; obverse with the portrait the record identifies as Alexander Severus. A Roman comparison, not a coin from the Qula hoard. The Met, 08.170.259.The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 08.170.259 · Rogers Fund, 1908 · CC0 · Source · CC0 1.0

Object · 222-235 CE

Bronze coin of Cyzicus

A Roman civic coin from Asia Minor: a bust of Alexander Severus on one side, a table with imperial busts and sacrificial implements on the other. The coin that accompanies the article on coins and hoards as a comparison, not as a coin from the hoard.

Region
Anatolia
Material
Bronze
Held by
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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