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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R1474 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Severus Alexander; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 223 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.11 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 163. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Salus, draped and seated facing l. on throne, feeding out of patera in r. a snake coiled round altar and resting l. arm on side of throne.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: P M TB P ɪɪ COS P P (Head of the College of the Priests, Tribune for the Second Time, Consul, Father of the Fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC IV 32 var.
Notes: The obverse figure is wearing a cuirass on this coin, unlike the RIC type.
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