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Severus Alexander (AD 222-235)
Denomination: AE Sestertius
Date: AD 229, special emission. Issue struck in commemoration of Alexander’s assumption of his third consulship.
Obv: IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder.
Rev: P M TR P VIII COS III P P S C, Severus Alexander in quadriga right holding eagle-tipped sceptre.
Diameter: 29mm
Weight: 19.64 g)
RIC IV 495.
Ex CNG 117 (19 May 2021), lot 585.
Ex CNG Inventory 793918 (June 2007).
Collection : 6. Roman Imperial: The Year of the Five Emperors & The Severan Dynasty