Denarius
Septimius Severus
Roman Imperial
Enesta
Asia Minor
Roman Empire
Middle East
194-195
Silver
Diameter: 11/16 in. (17.4 mm)
Weight: 2.59 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29383
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, West Asia, Asia
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Beared, laureate male head right, encircled by frame. Inscribed clockwise, inward, from 7:00-5:00: [I]MP CAE L SEP SEV [PERT AVG COS II] Reverse: Winged female, wearing long skirt, advancing left; holding wreath with both arms fully extended forward. Insribed, clockwise, inward, from 7:30-10:30: V I C T; from 3:00-5:00: A V G; poorly preserved frame, 11:00-3:00; axis up; "N" scratched at 6:00 on outer edge.
Course History
CLST 6, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Roger Ulrich, Fall 2012
CLST 11.2, From Emperors as gods to God as Emperor: The Last Two Centuries of Rome, Robert Stewart, Roger Ulrich, Winter 2014
CLST 6, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Roger Ulrich, Fall 2014
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
Catalogue Raisonne
RIC 426 (rare; pl. VIII.8), CREBM 401 (pl.17.7)
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