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ID number: BIRBI-R1514 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 230 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 20.84 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1433. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath, drapery on l. shoulder, facing r. Reverse: Sol, radiate, head facing l., standing r., raising r. and holding globe in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP SEV ALE-XΛNDER AVC (Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: P M TH P V-IIII COS III P γ S C (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Ninth Time, Consul for the Third Time, Father of the Fatherland; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 503
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