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RIC IV Severus Alexander 42

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RIC IV Severus Alexander 42, Denarius, Silver, struck at Rome, 224–224 AD. Obverse: bust of severus alexander, laureate, draped, right. Reverse: salus, draped, seated left on throne, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar, resting left elbow on chair. Weight about 2.8 g, diameter 19.1 mm.
obverse RIC IV Severus Alexander 42
obverse: Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, right
reverse RIC IV Severus Alexander 42
reverse: Salus, draped, seated left on throne, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar, resting left elbow on chair
mint Rome weight 2.76g (8)
ruler Severus Alexander diameter ⌀19.1 (5)
denomination Denarius axis 6↕ (8)
material Silver technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, right

IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG
reverse

Salus, draped, seated left on throne, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar, resting left elbow on chair

P M TR P III COS P P
specimens (7)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 2.48g 5↕
KENOM 2.90g 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme 2.33g ⌀19.2 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 1.70g ⌀19.1 6↕
British Museum 3.51g 6↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Severus Alexander 42 (ric.4.sa.42), 224–224 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-severus-alexander-42/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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