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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1511
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 226
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.20
Weight (g):  21.57
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 32. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath, draped, facing r. Reverse: Mars, helmeted and walking facing r., carrying spear in r. and trophy in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CAES M ΛVR SEV ALEXANDIIH AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P V COS II P P S C (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Fifth Time, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland; S C - Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 440c

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Severus Alexander
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