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ID number: BIRBI-R1479 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Severus Alexander; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 227 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.05 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3907. A. H. Baldwin, 1962. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath and short-beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Aequitas, draped and standing facing l., holding scales in r. and cornucopiae in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P VI GOS II P P (Head of the College of the Priests, Tribune for the Sixth Time, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC IV 64
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