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RIC IV Severus Alexander 68

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RIC IV Severus Alexander 68, Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 227–227 AD. Obverse: bust of severus alexander, laureate, draped, right. Reverse: severus alexander, laureate, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over a lighted tripod and holding a scroll in left hand. Weight about 4.7 g, diameter 18.8 mm.
obverse RIC IV Severus Alexander 68
obverse: Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, right
reverse RIC IV Severus Alexander 68
reverse: Severus Alexander, laureate, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over a lighted tripod and holding a scroll in left hand
mint Rome weight 4.72g (3)
ruler Severus Alexander diameter ⌀18.8 (2)
denomination Aureus axis 6↕ (2)
material Gold 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

Severus Alexander, laureate, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over a lighted tripod and holding a scroll in left hand

P M TR P VI COS II P P
specimens (4)
British Museum 6.91g 6↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 6.40g ⌀21.5
Portable Antiquities Scheme 0.84g ⌀16.0 6↕

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RIC IV Severus Alexander 68 (ric.4.sa.68), 227–227 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-severus-alexander-68/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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