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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8189992, member: 110350&quot;][USER=100070]@happy_collector[/USER], I fell in love with the reverse on your coin, but never expected to see another one like it for sale. But I recently noticed that the very same dealer from whom you bought yours (Lodge Antiquities in the UK) had another example for sale. So I bought it, even though the coin (especially the rather poor obverse!) is in much lesser condition than yours. But the reverse is still very nice, I think, and that&#039;s the reason for buying the coin anyway. I&#039;m happy to have it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander, AE 22, AD 218-222, Mysia, Parion. Obv. Laureate bust right, wearing cuirass with Gorgoneion, seen from front, IMP CAEƧ L ƧEP ƧEV ALEXANDER (all S retrograde) / Rev. Asklepios seated right on throne, with right hand extended, holding raised right fore-hoof of bovid (bull or cow) standing left with head raised towards his face, DEO AEƧ VB above, C G H I P in exergue.* RCP VI Online 3871 (temp.) (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3871" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3871" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3871</a>). 20.03 mm., 4.24 g.&nbsp; <i>Purchased from Lodge Antiquities, UK, Jan. 2022.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1433651[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>*</i>According to RCP VI 3871, the blundered reverse legend “is presumably an attempt at DEO AESCVLAP.” Along with a similar reverse on a coin of Commodus from the same location (see RPC IV.2 Online 3164 [temp.]), this is a rare depiction on an ancient coin of a veterinarian at work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the dealer&#039;s description of this coin said that it was &quot;The last example I have of the type.&quot; I wonder how many he had to begin with. Hopefully he wasn&#039;t striking them in his basement!&nbsp; (Just kidding, really: coincidentally, Lodge was the dealer from whom I purchased the Roman Alexandrian tetradrachm of Antoninus Pius with Isis Pharia on the reverse that turned out to be a very good fake listed in the Forvum Fake Coins Reports, but I&#039;m sure that was unintentional, and he promptly gave me a refund. I&#039;m not actually suspicious of this one; I scrolled through all 9 pages of the Fake Coin Reports on Severus Alexander, and saw nothing like this type.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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