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Sestertius with head of Divus Septimius Severus, struck under Caracalla
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 211
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 36 mm. Weight: 27.85 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number60.1144
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 047.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Divus Septimius Severus, bare, bearded, right.
DIVOSEPTIMIOSEVEROPIO
Reverse: Funeral pyre in base and four tiers, adorned with wreath and statuary, and with facing quadriga on top.
CONSE CRATIO SC (in exergue)
DIVOSEPTIMIOSEVEROPIO
Reverse: Funeral pyre in base and four tiers, adorned with wreath and statuary, and with facing quadriga on top.
CONSE CRATIO SC (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Earl Fitzwilliam Collection; by 1949: with Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., Spencer House, 27 St. James's Place, St. James's Streeet, London, S.W. 1 (Christie's auction of the Earl Fitzwilliam Collection, sold by order of the Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, May 30-31, 1949, lot 265); by date unknown: Richard Cyril Lockett Collection; 1959: with Glendining & Co., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (Glendining & Co. auction of Richard Cyril Lockett Collection, part 8, London, May 26, 1959, lot 66); by 1960: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London; October 13, 1960: purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. for £ 273/10/0 (this is the total price for 60.1142-60.1144)