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ID number: BIRBI-R1515 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 231 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 22.50 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 57. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |

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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 frontally, raising r. and holding whip in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP ALEXAN-DER PIVS ΛVG (Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P X COS III P P S C (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Tenth Time, Consul for the Third Time, Father of the Fatherland; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 513
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