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RIC IV Severus Alexander 648b

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RIC IV Severus Alexander 648b, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 231–235 AD. Obverse: bust of severus alexander, laureate, draped over left shoulder, right. Reverse: spes, draped, walking left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand. Weight about 18.8 g, diameter 29.8 mm.
obverse RIC IV Severus Alexander 648b
obverse: Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped over left shoulder, right
mint Rome weight 18.80g (14)
ruler Severus Alexander diameter ⌀29.8 (8)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (13)
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

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

SPES PVBLICA S C
specimens (15)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 17.14g 12↕
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 20.63g 7↕
KENOM 14.46g ⌀28.1 1↕
KENOM 17.93g 12↕
KENOM 25.32g 12↕
KENOM 15.49g 12↕
KENOM 15.98g 12↕
KENOM 21.88g ⌀30.9 11↕
KENOM 19.48g ⌀30.5 7↕
KENOM 18.16g ⌀28.1 1↕
KENOM 19.80g ⌀31.8 11↕
KENOM 22.57g ⌀31.9 11↕
RIC IV Severus Alexander 648b, artic
Art Institute of Chicago
KENOM 13.84g ⌀26.9 5↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 20.53g ⌀30.0

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

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