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ID number: BIRBI-R1329 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: 210-211 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.79 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 810. A. H. Baldwin, 1965. Exchanged for Haines' specimen of Andronikos III. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Septimius Severus, wearing laurel wreath and pronged-beard, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, advancing r., holding wreath in extended r. and palm sloped over l. shoulder in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT (Severus Pious Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: VICTORIAE BRIı (Victory over the British).
Bibliography: RIC IV 332
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