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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1470
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Severus Alexander; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  222
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.21
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3862. Spink, 1962.
BIRBI-R1470.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Salus, draped and seated facing l. on throne, feeding out of patera in r. a snake coiled round altar and resting l. arm on side of throne.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXUND ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P COS P P (Head of the College of the Priests, Tribune, Consul, Father of the Fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 14D

3 Related People

Severus Alexander
Roman
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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