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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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