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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1349
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Septimius Severus; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  196
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.10
Weight (g):  22.73
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 2027. Ex Levis Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1942.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, and pronged-beard, facing r. Reverse: Elephant, walking r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII (Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Imperator for the Eighth Time). Reverse: … NIFIC…ΛTIΛ.ΛVG (Imperial Generosity). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 721B

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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