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RIC 250.1 of Severus Alexander

Severus Alexander Denarius. 232 AD. IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, holding corn ears over modius & cornucopiae. RSC 501b.

Lot No.1768.

$ 55.

Severus Alexander was a serious minded emperor who was quite a relief for the empire after his cousin, Elagabalus, was removed in 222 AD. He served very respectably until 235 AD under the tutelege of his grandmother Julia Mamaea, until he was overthrown and killed by the forces of Maximinus Thrax.