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RIC IV Severus Alexander 648a

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RIC IV Severus Alexander 648a, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 231–235 AD. Obverse: head of severus alexander, laureate, right. Reverse: spes, draped, walking left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand. Weight about 17.9 g, diameter 28.8 mm.
mint Rome weight 17.88g (2)
ruler Severus Alexander diameter ⌀28.8 (2)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (2)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Severus Alexander, laureate, right

IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG
reverse

Spes, draped, walking left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand

SPES PVBLICA S C
specimens (2)
KENOM 24.39g ⌀31.4 1↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 11.36g ⌀26.2 11↕

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RIC IV Severus Alexander 648a (ric.4.sa.648a), 231–235 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-severus-alexander-648a/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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