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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1481
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:  229
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  2.87
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3869. Spink, 1962.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath and short-beard, aegis, facing r. Reverse: Mars, helmeted and walking facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and spear and shield in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP SEV ALE-YΛNη AVG (Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P V-III C-OS III I P (Head of the College of the Priests, Tribune for the Eighth Time, Consul for the Third Time, Father of the Fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 92

Notes:  Possible aegis on obverse figure, not noted in RIC type.

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