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ID number: BIRBI-R2674 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Earle Fox, H. B.; Crete Hoard Maker: Severus II; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 305 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 9.74 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 348. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1921 - found in hoard in Crete. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Moneta, draped, standing facing l., holding scales in r. and cornucopia in l.; * in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: SEVERVS NOB CHES (Severus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: SHC MON VRB HVCC ET CUESS NN (The Sacred Money of the City of Our Two Emperors and Two Caesars). In Exergue: AT
Bibliography: RIC VI 123A
Notes: According to RIC, the [R]T in the exergue of the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Rome.
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