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View: Obverse
As with bust of Severus Alexander
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 229
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.5 mm. Weight: 12.10 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number1998.553
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander to right.
IMPSEVALE XANDERAVG
Reverse: Emperor in quadriga right, eagle-topped scepter in left hand.
PMTRPVIII COSIII in ex.: SC
IMPSEVALE XANDERAVG
Reverse: Emperor in quadriga right, eagle-topped scepter in left hand.
PMTRPVIII COSIII in ex.: SC
ProvenanceSaid to be from the Lincoln sale, July 1908 and possibly also from the H. P. Hall Collection (Glendining & Co. Ltd. auction of the H. P. Hall Collection, part 2, 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, November 16-17, 20-21, 1952, lot 1812, partial); by date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, December 16, 1998