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Markianopolis AE27 Moushmov 730 of Severus Alexander

Severus Alexander & Julia Maesa AE27 of Markianopolis. Magistrate Tiberius Julius Festus. AVT K M AVP CEVH ALEXANDPOC IOVLIA MAICA, confronted busts / VP TIB IOVL FHCTOV MARKIANOPOLEITWN, Concordia standing left with patera & cornucopiae, E to left. AMNG 1011.

Lot No.3069. VF.

$ 125.

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.