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ID number: BIRBI-R1319 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Septimius Severus; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 200-201 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.33 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Provenance unknown |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, wearing laurel wreath and pronged-beard, facing r. Reverse: Septimius Severus, in military attire, standing facing l., sacrificing out of patera in r. over tripod and holding spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: SEVERVS AVG PART MAX (Severus Augustus, The Greatest Victor over the Parthians). Reverse: PESTITVTOR VRBIS (Restorer of the City).
Bibliography: RIC IV 167A
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