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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1487
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:  AD 222-228
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  3.43
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 3483. Prof. Luigi de Nicola, 65, Via del Babuino, Rome, 1959.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath, draped, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped and standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMD C M AVR SEV ALEXΛND AVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: PAX AETER-NA AVG (Eternal Peace of the Emperors).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 165C

3 Related People

Severus Alexander
Roman
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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Rome
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