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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.537.8
People
Severus Alexander, Roman (r. 222 - 235 CE)
Title
Coin of Amasia under Severus Alexander
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
231-232
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Amaseia (Pontus)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/180069

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
24.47 g
Die Axis
6
Date on Object
SLD = Year 234

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Dalaison p. 136, no. 592a (this coin)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jonathan H. Kagan
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
1986.537.8
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Severus Alexander, r., with short beard, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Rev.: Tyche, turreted and draped, standing to front, head l., holding rudder in r. hand and cornucopiae over l. shoulder.

Verification Level

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