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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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