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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1752999, member: 44183&quot;]<font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="arial">I think this coin is quite appealing ... </font></span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="arial">=&gt; yah, I&#039;m a sucker for an eagle and/or a quadriga ... this had both, so I jumped in head-first!!</font></span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Pontus, Amasia. Severus Alexander. Æ35</b></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">A.D. 222-235</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Civic year 228 (A.D. 228/9)</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 35 mm</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 26.18 grams</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right, seen from behind</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: High altar upon which eagle stands facing, head left; above, Sol in facing quadriga, holding whip; to left of altar, tree</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Dalaison 566 (D145/R439); RG 101; cf. SNG Copenhagen 119; BMC 39 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 6710 (same obv. die)</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Other: 12 h … Grayish-green patina under earthen deposits, light roughness</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]276037[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]276038[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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