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ID number: BIRBI-R1513 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Severus Alexander; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 228 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 25.79 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1432. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath and short-beard, drapery on l. shoulder, 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 ^LE-XΛNDER AVC (Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: P M TH P VII C-OS II P P S C (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Seventh Time, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 482
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