Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Severus Alexander, AE25, Marcianopolis, Varbanov 1872

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Severus Alexander
Augustus, 975 - 988 A.U.C. (222- 235 A.D.)

Coin: AE25

Obverse: AVT K M AVP CEVH AΛEΞANΔPOC IOVΛIA MAICA, Laureate, draped bust of Severus Alexander, facing right, confronting the draped bust of Julia Maesa facing left.
Reverse: VΠ TIB IOVΛ ΦHCTOV MARKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Homonia,  standing to the left, holding a Patera with her right hand and a Cornucopia with her left.

Weight: 9.65 g
Diameter: 25 x 26 x 2 mm
Die axis: 10°
Mint: Marcianopolis, struck under the Magistrate Julius Festus.
Reference: Varbanov 1872 

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