Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Your search has been limited to 3000 records. As your search has brought back a large number of records consider using the 'Advanced Search' feature which enables you to use more search terms to bring back a more accurate set of records.
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. |
|
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.
|
<< Viewing Record 1313 of 3000 >> |