Severus Alexander AR Denarius (Sol with globe, RIC IV.2 102a)

SEVERUS ALEXANDER, AD 222-235
AR Denarius (18.6mm, 4.38g, 6h)
Struck AD 230. Rome mint
Obverse: IMP SEV ALE-XAND AVG, laureate bust of Severus Alexander right
Reverse: P M TR P VIIII COS III P P, Sol, radiate, standing slightly right, head left, with right hand raised and holding globe in left
References: RIC IV.2 102a; RCV – ; ERIC II 188

Well centered and struck, with lustrous surfaces. Struck on an extremely heavy flan. Out of the nearly 23,000 Severus Alexander denarii found on Coryssa.org, only about a dozen are of a higher weight than this specimen.

Collezione : Roman Imperial - the Severan Era