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Numismatics

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

3 Related People

Severus Alexander
Roman
207
235
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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