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ID number:  BIRBI-R1325
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Septimius Severus; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  211
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  2.82
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 3377. A. H. Baldwin, 1965. Exchanged for Haines' specimen of Maurice.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, wearing laurel wreath and pronged-beard, facing r. Reverse: Neptune, naked except for cloak over l. shoulder and r. arm, standing facing l., r. foot set on globe, holding trident in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: S[V[RVS PIVS AVC BRIT (Severus Pious Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: I M TA I XIX COS III P P (Head of the College of the Priests, Tribune for the Nineteenth Time, Consul for the Third Time, Father of the Fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 244

3 Related People

Septimius Severus
Roman
145
211
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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