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ID number: BIRBI-R1521 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): 2.60 Weight (g): 13.78 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3467. A. H. Baldwin, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing radiate crown and short-beard, drapery over l. shoulder, facing r. Reverse: Spes, draped and walking facing l., holding flower in r. and raising skirt with l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMD ALEXANDER PIVS ΛVG (Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus). Reverse: SPES PVBLICA S C (Hope of the Public; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 649g
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