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ID number: BIRBI-R1320 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Septimius Severus; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 201 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 3.40 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3837. Seaby, 1962. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, wearing laurel wreath and pronged-beard, facing r. Reverse: Two captives, each wearing pointed cap and draped to ankles, seated in mourning aptitude back to back, l. and r. of central trophy.
Inscriptions: Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG (Severus Pious Augustus). Reverse: ΓART MAX P M TR P VIIII (The Greatest Victor over the Parthians, Head of the College of the Priests, Tribune for the Ninth Time).
Bibliography: RIC IV 176
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