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RIC IV Severus Alexander 642b

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RIC IV Severus Alexander 642b, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 231–235 AD. Obverse: bust of severus alexander, laureate, draped over left shoulder, right. Reverse: providentia, draped, standing front, head left, holding two corn-ears in right hand over modius and cornucopiae in left hand. Weight about 19.0 g, diameter 29.8 mm.
obverse RIC IV Severus Alexander 642b
obverse: Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped over left shoulder, right
mint Rome weight 18.96g (9)
ruler Severus Alexander diameter ⌀29.8 (8)
denomination Sestertius axis 7↕ (8)
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 ALEXANDER PIVS AVG
reverse

Providentia, draped, standing front, head left, holding two corn-ears in right hand over modius and cornucopiae in left hand

PROVIDENTIA AVG S C
specimens (12)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 13.70g ⌀30.6 2↕
KENOM 16.50g 12↕
KENOM 19.45g 12↕
KENOM 20.21g 12↕
KENOM 19.32g ⌀29.2 1↕
KENOM 21.22g ⌀29.3 12↕
KENOM 16.99g ⌀29.9 1↕
KENOM 22.33g ⌀29.1 1↕
RIC IV Severus Alexander 642b, artic
Art Institute of Chicago
RIC IV Severus Alexander 642b, artic
Art Institute of Chicago ⌀31.0
RIC IV Severus Alexander 642b, artic
Art Institute of Chicago ⌀29.0
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 20.96g ⌀30.0

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RIC IV Severus Alexander 642b (ric.4.sa.642b), 231–235 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-severus-alexander-642b/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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