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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 2176256, member: 44132"]I have this coin and one other I bought back in March when I went all crazy like. This was one of those that got added in so that I could share the shipping fees with the one I really wanted. For $15 shipped, it's not a bad coin, just worn. It also has an interesting reverse, and, like Steve says, it is a pond skipper.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]420860[/ATTACH] </p><p>SEVERUS ALEXANDER</p><p>AE26</p><p>OBVERSE: AVT K M AVR CEVH ALEXANDROC IOVLIA MAICA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Sev. Alex. right, facing draped bust of Julia Maesa left</p><p>REVERSE: HG M TEREBENTINOU MARKIANOPOLITWN (OV ligate), Hera standing left, holding patera and sceptre. Value mark E in right field</p><p>Struck at Markianopolis under Legate Tereventinus, 222-235 AD</p><p>12.42 g; 26.5 mm</p><p>Moushmov 732</p><p><br /></p><p>(Never mind the little green spot on the reverse. It's a piece of clay and I'm too lazy to re-image the coin)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 2176256, member: 44132"]I have this coin and one other I bought back in March when I went all crazy like. This was one of those that got added in so that I could share the shipping fees with the one I really wanted. For $15 shipped, it's not a bad coin, just worn. It also has an interesting reverse, and, like Steve says, it is a pond skipper. [ATTACH=full]420860[/ATTACH] SEVERUS ALEXANDER AE26 OBVERSE: AVT K M AVR CEVH ALEXANDROC IOVLIA MAICA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Sev. Alex. right, facing draped bust of Julia Maesa left REVERSE: HG M TEREBENTINOU MARKIANOPOLITWN (OV ligate), Hera standing left, holding patera and sceptre. Value mark E in right field Struck at Markianopolis under Legate Tereventinus, 222-235 AD 12.42 g; 26.5 mm Moushmov 732 (Never mind the little green spot on the reverse. It's a piece of clay and I'm too lazy to re-image the coin)[/QUOTE]
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