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RIC IV Severus Alexander 503

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RIC IV Severus Alexander 503, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 230–230 AD. Obverse: bust of severus alexander, laureate, draped over left shoulder, right. Reverse: sol, radiate, head left, standing right, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand. Weight about 23.2 g, diameter 33.0 mm.
obverse RIC IV Severus Alexander 503
obverse: Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped over left shoulder, right
reverse RIC IV Severus Alexander 503
reverse: Sol, radiate, head left, standing right, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand
mint Rome weight 23.19g (4)
ruler Severus Alexander diameter ⌀33.0 (2)
denomination Sestertius axis 12↕ (3)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped over left shoulder, right

IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG
reverse

Sol, radiate, head left, standing right, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand

P M TR P VIIII COS III P P S C
specimens (9)
British Museum 30.57g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
RIC IV Severus Alexander 503, artic
Art Institute of Chicago ⌀31.0
Getty Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 18.74g ⌀35.0
British Museum 23.34g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 20.12g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Severus Alexander 503 (ric.4.sa.503), 230–230 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-severus-alexander-503/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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