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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1510
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Severus Alexander; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 224
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.10
Weight (g):  20.42
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1767. Presented by Mr. C. C. Oman, 1933.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath, draped, facing r. Reverse: Severus Alexander, in military attire, standing facing l., holding globe in r. and inverted spear in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CΛES M ΛVΠ SEV ΛLEXANDER ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: PCNTIF MAX TR P III CC5 D P S C (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Third Time, Consul, Father of the Fatherland; S C - Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 419c

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Severus Alexander
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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