Denarius
Septimius Severus
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
197-198
Silver
Overall: 9/16 in. (15 mm)
Weight: 3 g
Overall: 11/16 in. (18 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29380
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
On view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Bearded laureate male head right; no frame. Outer edge badly disfigured 1:00-4:00; inscribed, clockwise,inward, from 7:00-11:00: [L] SEPT SEV PERT; somewhere between 1:00-5:00: [AVG IMP X] Reverse: Draped female, seated left; holding sceptre in left hand, pointing up to the right, palm frond in right hand, pointing up to the left. Inscribed clockwise, inward, from 8:00-10:00: PACI; somewhere else: [AE] or [AETERNAE]; no frame; axis down; "N" scratched on outer edge at 6:00 obverse.
Course History
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
CLST 18.01/HIST 94.06, History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Fall 2022
Economics 22.01, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
Economics 22.02, Macroeconomics, Jim Feyrer, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
Money Talks: Roman Coinage in Global, Historical Context, Classical Studies 11, Professor Roberta Stewart, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 2, 2022-.
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
RIC 118, CREBM 253 (pl. 11.14)
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