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ID number: BIRBI-R1494 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: AD 228-231 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.05 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3877. Spink, 1962. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath and short-beard, facing r. Reverse: Perpetuitas, draped, standing facing l., holding globe in r. and transverse sceptre in l. and leaning on column with l. arm.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΠΛP SEV AL[-XAND AVC (Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: PERDETVIT-ATI λVG (The Perpetuity of the Emperor).
Bibliography: RIC IV 208
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