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Nicomedia AE21 SNGCop 577v of Severus Alexander

Severus Alexander AE21 of Nicomedia, Bithynia. M AVP CEV ALEXANDROC AV, laureate head right / NIKOMHDEWN DIC NEWK, aquila between two miliary standards. SNGCop 577v (bust radiate).

Lot No.1977. EF, very sharp with a beautiful apple green patina!

$ 145.

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.