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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3978212, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s weird. The flan is cast (as were all of them), but I can&#039;t tell if it was before or after striking. Can you tell if it&#039;s copper (an as) or orichalcum (sestertius or dupondius)?</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s neither RIC 492b or 494b -- those have a reverse inscription of P M TR P VIII COS III P P and this one clearly ends in AVGVS ..., probably AVGVSTI.</p><p><br /></p><p>The British Museum has four bronzes with LIBERTAS AVGVSTI reverse inscriptions, no. <a href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195997&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Severus+Alexander+65&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195997&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Severus+Alexander+65&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">65</a> (sestertius, 18.37 g, 33 mm) and 66 (Dupondius, 7.92 g, 26 mm; not online and possibly no longer in the collection). These feature Libertas with pileus and <i>cornucopiae</i>. There is also <a href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195908&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Severus+Alexander+316&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195908&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Severus+Alexander+316&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">316</a> (sestertius, 23.66 g, 33 mm) and <a href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195907&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Severus+Alexander+317&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1195907&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Severus+Alexander+317&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">317</a> (sestertius, 25.42 g, 31 mm), featuring Libertas with pileus and <i>transverse scepter</i>, more like your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are you sure it&#039;s Severus Alexander?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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