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Aureus - Severus Alexander P M TR P VI COS II P P

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Severus Alexander (Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander) (222-235)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 227
Value Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Gold
Weight 4.7 g
Diameter 18.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
279040
References RIC IV.2# 68
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1938. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.2. Macrinus – Pupienus (AD 217–238). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.4.sa.68
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Severus Alexander, laureate, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over a lighted tripod and holding a scroll in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P VI COS II P P

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the sixth time, consul for the second time, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 0.84–6.91 g;
Diameter varies: 15.95–21.5 mm;

Example of this type:
Trustees of the British Museum

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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