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Medallic as with busts of Severus Alexander and Julia Mamaea
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 226
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 11.62 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Gans
Accession Number61.207
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 055.
DescriptionObverse: Busts of Severus Alexander and Julia Mamaea, laureate, diademed, draped, facing.
IMPSEVALEXANDAVGIVLIAMAMAEAAVG
MATERAVG (in exergue)
Reverse: Nymphaeum of Severus Alexander, adorned with statues and trophies within and above.
PMTRPV COSIIPP S C (left and right in field)
IMPSEVALEXANDAVGIVLIAMAMAEAAVG
MATERAVG (in exergue)
Reverse: Nymphaeum of Severus Alexander, adorned with statues and trophies within and above.
PMTRPV COSIIPP S C (left and right in field)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Prince Waldek Collection; by 1935: with Münzhandlung Basel, Aeschenvorstadt 37, Basel, Switzerland (Münzhandlung Basel auction 3 [Prince Waldek Collection], March 4-5, 1935, lot 782); by 1937: with Münzhandlung Basel (auction 8, March 22-23, 1937, lot 936); by 1958: with Edward Gans, 10 Rock Lane, Berkeley 8, California; gift of Edward Gans to MFA, April 12, 1961