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Nicaea AE26 SGI 3287cf of Severus Alexander

Severus Alexander AE26 of Nicaea in Bithynia. M AVP CEV ALEXANDROC AV, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / NI-K-AI-E/WN between three standards.

Lot No.2111. VF.

$ 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.