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ID number: BIRBI-R2684 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Severus II; Alexandria Denomination: Radiate Fractional Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 306-307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 3.14 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3068. A. H. Baldwin, 1940. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Prince, in military attire, standing facing r., receiving Victory on globe in r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., leaning on sceptre in l.; B in field, in between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C SEVERVS P F ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Severus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDIΔ MIL-ITVN (The Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: ΛLE
Bibliography: RIC VI 84
Notes: Traces of silvering. According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue of the reverse and B in field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Alexandria.
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