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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24678234, member: 87809&quot;]A piece of history from the pick-bin; even though it has a hole, I just liked the look of Severus Alexander.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This issue was minted at the beginning of Severus Alexander’s reign, one year after Elagabalus was overthrown. Holder of the tribunicia potestas for the second time (“My second peaceful year”).</p><p>At the beginning of his rule he devaluated the denarius, reducing the purity of the silver&nbsp; adding base metal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This denarius, a denomination used to pay the army, therefore forwarded a challenging message to the soldiers. On the one hand, the Roman empire was relatively at peace with its neighbors, and the soldiers would not risk their lives. Yet on the other hand, they would not benefit from looting or taking slaves from the enemy. Moreover, they were aware that their wages could purchase less. The Roman empire was starting to face one of the main problems that would characterize the third century, namely inflation. Quoted from <a href="https://www.judaism-and-rome.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.judaism-and-rome.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.judaism-and-rome.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>AR Denarius, Rome, 223 AD</p><p>18 x 19 mm, 2.907 g</p><p>RIC IV, 27; Sear RCV II (2002) 7896; Cohen 231</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG laureate, draped bust of Alexander Severus facing right.</p><p>Rev.: PM TRP II COS PP Pax standing left, holding olive branch in r. hand and and scepter in l.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574145[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1574150[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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