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ID number: BIRBI-R1495 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): 2.05 Weight (g): 2.12 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3876. Spink, 1962. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath and short-beard, facing r. Reverse: Severus Alexander (dressed as Romulus?), bare-headed, walking facing r., carrying spear in r. and trophy in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP SEV ALE-XAND AV6 (Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: VIRT-VS AVG (To the Courage of the Emperor).
Bibliography: RIC IV 224
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