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Nicomedia AE20 SNGCop 576.1 of Severus Alexander

Severus Alexander AE20 of Nicomedia, Bithynia. M AVP CEV ALEXANDPOC AV, laureate head right / NIKO/MH-D-W-N-DIC NE-W, octastyle temple with facing head of Artemis (?) in pediment.

Lot No.3204. 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.