Severus Alexander as Caesar. 221-222 AD. AE 33, 21.13g. Pamphylia, Aspendos. Obv: Bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, drapery on far shoulder, Medusa head on breast of cuirass. Rev: ACPENDIWN, Triform Hekate standing, wearing kalathos on each of her three heads, holding a patera, two torches, and three other uncertain objects in her six hands; below, two hounds spring left and right below. Apparently unpublished for Severus Alexander as Caesar: not in BM, SNG von Aulock, SNG Cop, Mionnet, four reprinted works on Greek coins by Imhoof-Blumer, Lindgren, Kraft's System etc. Cf. SNG von Aulock 4591 for Julia Soaemias, same reverse die. Good Fine. Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection. The portrait is bare-headed, and, as pointed out by Gert Boersema in a discussion on Forvm Ancient Coins, shares a reverse die with Julia Soaemias, so is presumably of Severus Alexander as Caesar under Elagabalus. As on our coin, dogs also accompany Hekate on a coin of Maximinus I at Themisonion, Phrygia (SNG Aulock 4021). The goddess Hekate was said to be accompanied by barking or howling hounds of the underworld. Gemini Numismatic Auction #6, January 10, 2010, lot 644