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Markianopolis AE26 Moushmov 712 of Severus Alexander

Severus Alexander AE26 of Markianopolis. Legate Tib Julius Festus. AVT K M AVP CEV ALEZANDPOC, laureate head right / VP TIB IOVL FECTOV MARKIA-NO-P-OL-ITWN, Nemesis standing left with scales & rod, wheel at foot. SGI 3269.

Lot No.2655. Close to EF, with an unusual, intense portrait of Severus Alexander.

$ 225.

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.