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ID number: BIRBI-R1483 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: 230 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 2.73 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3870. Spink, 1962. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath and short-beard, draped on l. shoulder, facing r. Reverse: Severus Alexander, in military attire, standing facing r., holding transverse spear in r. and globe in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP SEV ALU-XAND AVG (Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P VIIII COS III P Y (Head of the College of the Priests, Tribune for the Ninth Time, Consul for the Third Time, Father of the Fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC IV 105B
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