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ID number: BIRBI-R1347 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: 194 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.35 Weight (g): 19.75 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1430. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Virtus, helmeted and draped, standing facing l., holding Victory in extended r. and spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: L SEPT SEV PE-RT AVG IMP III (Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Imperator for the Third Time). Reverse: VIRT AVG T-R P II COS II P P (Virtuous Augustus, Tribune for the Second Time, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 673A
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