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ID number: BIRBI-R1517 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 231-235 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 22.24 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1047. W. S. Lincoln, 1928. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus Alexander, wearing laurel wreath and short-beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Mars, helmeted and walking facing r., carrying spear in r. and shield in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG (Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus). Reverse: MAHS VL-T-OR S C (Mars the Avenger; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 635c
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