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ID number: BIRBI-R2675 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Severus II; Carthage Denomination: Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Roman Date made: 305-306 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 9.25 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 893. A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Carthage, in long robe, standing frontally with head, holding fruits in both hands; H in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VHL SEVERVS NOB CHES (Flavius Valerius Severus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: SHLVIS HVGG ET CHESS FEL K-IRT (With the Emperors and Caesars being safe, fortunate Carthage is strengthened). In Exergue: Γ
Bibliography: RIC VI 40A
Notes: Traces of silvering. According to RIC, the Γ in the exergue of the reverse and H in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Carthage.
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