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ID number: BIRBI-R1516 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 222-231 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 16.35 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1434. 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: Victory, winged and draped, standing facing r., foot on helmet, writing VOT X on shield fixed to palm-tree.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP SEV ΛLE-XANDER AVC (Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus). Reverse: VIGTORIH AVGVSTI S C (Victory of the Emperors; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 616b
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