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ID number: BIRBI-R1350 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: 210 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 20.97 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1804. J. H. Daniels, 12 Buxton Road, Brighton, Sussex, 1934. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, wearing laurel wreath and pronged-beard, facing r. Reverse: Two Victories, winged and draped, standing facing l. and r., fixing a shield to palm, at the foot of which are two captives.
Inscriptions: Obverse: L SE...EAVS PIVS AVG (Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Augustus). Reverse: … A P XVIII COS III P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Nineteenth Time, Consul for the Third Time, Father of the Fatherland). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 796
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