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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orange Julius, post: 8242097, member: 77226&quot;]Haha, yes being assassinated by your own army makes this coin a fun example. However, it was also issued about a decade before the army turned on him so maybe at the time, wasn&#039;t so in misalignment with the situation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking into Sev Al&#039;s Wiki page, I found this interesting passage on this resting place. As this information is from Wikipedia, I&#039;m not sure if it is true and I have yet to verify the information. I&#039;d like to see this sarcophagus and vase... I&#039;ll have to do some more looking. Also, I wonder if his ashes or &quot;remains&quot; were still within the sarcophagus when found.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;Alexander&#039;s body was buried together with the body of his mother Julia Mamaea in a mausoleum in Rome. The actual mausoleum, called Monte di Grano, is the third largest in Rome behind those of Hadrian and Augustus. It is still visible in Piazza dei Tribuni, in the Quadraro area in Rome, where it resembles a large earth mound. The large sarcophagus found inside the tomb in the 16th century, and which contained the emperor&#039;s remains, is in the Palazzo dei Conservatori Museum in Rome. According to some sources inside the same sarcophagus in 1582 a precious glass urn was found, the Portland Vase, currently on display at the British Museum in London.&quot; </i>Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Alexander" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Alexander" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Alexander</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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