Coin

Museum number:
8-5808
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005808
Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
Coin. Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN[D] AVG - bust facing right, laureate, draped. Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI - Jupiter stg. l. cloak hanging from behind and over r. arm holding thunderbolt & scepter. Reverse: Jupiter-scepter in L. hand thunderbolt ? in R. hand. (oviconservator)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
Production place:
Rome (ancient city)
Culture or time period:
Severan Dynasty (193–235 AD)
Person depicted:
Jupiter (Roman deity) and Severus Alexander (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
IOVI CONSERVATORI and IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN[D] AVG
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
222-228 AD
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin, accession number 8-5808, described as Coin. Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN[D] AVG - bust facing right, laureate, draped. Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI - Jupiter stg. l. cloak hanging from behind and over r. arm holding thunderbolt & scepter. Reverse: Jupiter-scepter in L. hand thunderbolt ? in R. hand. (oviconservator)Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin, accession number 8-5808, described as Coin. Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN[D] AVG - bust facing right, laureate, draped. Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI - Jupiter stg. l. cloak hanging from behind and over r. arm holding thunderbolt & scepter. Reverse: Jupiter-scepter in L. hand thunderbolt ? in R. hand. (oviconservator)Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin, accession number 8-5808, described as Coin. Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN[D] AVG - bust facing right, laureate, draped. Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI - Jupiter stg. l. cloak hanging from behind and over r. arm holding thunderbolt & scepter. Reverse: Jupiter-scepter in L. hand thunderbolt ? in R. hand. (oviconservator)Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin, accession number 8-5808, described as Coin. Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN[D] AVG - bust facing right, laureate, draped. Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI - Jupiter stg. l. cloak hanging from behind and over r. arm holding thunderbolt & scepter. Reverse: Jupiter-scepter in L. hand thunderbolt ? in R. hand. (oviconservator)Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin, accession number 8-5808, described as Coin. Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN[D] AVG - bust facing right, laureate, draped. Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI - Jupiter stg. l. cloak hanging from behind and over r. arm holding thunderbolt & scepter. Reverse: Jupiter-scepter in L. hand thunderbolt ? in R. hand. (oviconservator)Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin, accession number 8-5808, described as Coin. Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN[D] AVG - bust facing right, laureate, draped. Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI - Jupiter stg. l. cloak hanging from behind and over r. arm holding thunderbolt & scepter. Reverse: Jupiter-scepter in L. hand thunderbolt ? in R. hand. (oviconservator)Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin, accession number 8-5808, described as Coin. Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN[D] AVG - bust facing right, laureate, draped. Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI - Jupiter stg. l. cloak hanging from behind and over r. arm holding thunderbolt & scepter. Reverse: Jupiter-scepter in L. hand thunderbolt ? in R. hand. (oviconservator)Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin, accession number 8-5808, described as Coin. Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN[D] AVG - bust facing right, laureate, draped. Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI - Jupiter stg. l. cloak hanging from behind and over r. arm holding thunderbolt & scepter. Reverse: Jupiter-scepter in L. hand thunderbolt ? in R. hand. (oviconservator)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin, accession number 8-5808, described as Coin. Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN[D] AVG - bust facing right, laureate, draped. Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI - Jupiter stg. l. cloak hanging from behind and over r. arm holding thunderbolt & scepter. Reverse: Jupiter-scepter in L. hand thunderbolt ? in R. hand. (oviconservator)

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