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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Types| ▸ |Travel & Transportation||View Options:   | | | Here we depict coins that relate to travel but also to places in the ancient world. We will also include coins from the less common cities and mints when we want to share information about the location. |
This reverse type commemorates "the careful and vigorous attention, which characterized the proceedings of that excellent emperor [Severus Alexander], with respect to the provision of wheat to the people, brought to Rome, at his own expense, from abroad: the frumentarian funds having been left exhausted by his infamous predecessor." - Vaillant, Praest, Num. Impp. Rom. p. 280.RS110991. Silver denarius, RIC IV 133, RSC III 23, BMCRE VI 341, SRCV II 7857, Choice gVF, well centered on an oval flan, light toning, flow lines, weight 3.152 g, maximum diameter 19.6 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 226 A.D.; obverse IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right, from behind; reverse ANNONA AVG, Annona standing left, cornucopia in left hand, two stalks of grain in right hand over modius at feet overflowing with stalks of grain; ex Solidus Numismatik auction 106 (11 Oct 2022), lot 1608;
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