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ID number: BIRBI-R1518 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Severus Alexander; Rome Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 231-235 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 10.52 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3529. Spink, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing radiate crown and short-beard, drapery over l. shoulder, facing r. Reverse: Mars, helmeted and walking facing r., carrying spear in r. and shield in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP ALEXAN-DEB PIVS ΛVG (Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus). Reverse: MAR-S VLTOP, S C (Mars the Avenger; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 636g
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