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ID number: BIRBI-R1510 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 224 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 20.42 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1767. Presented by Mr. C. C. Oman, 1933. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath, draped, facing r. Reverse: Severus Alexander, in military attire, standing facing l., holding globe in r. and inverted spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CΛES M ΛVΠ SEV ΛLEXANDER ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: PCNTIF MAX TR P III CC5 D P S C (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Third Time, Consul, Father of the Fatherland; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 419c
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