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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4015128, member: 98035&quot;]The mint workers at Rome during the reign of Severus Alexander and Maximinus produced some of the nicest coins of the entire Imperial period, excepting only the earliest denarii of Augustus, and the sestertii of Nero, Trajan, and Hadrian. I was able to make an exception to my &quot;one each&quot; rule for him</p><p><br /></p><p>As Caesar under Elagabalus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055859[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>First year as Augustus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055858[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A nice chunky sestertius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055857[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From his final years - I just love the portraiture, and it is so crisply struck that in hand it almost has a cameo appearance</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055860[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And who could forget the real power behind the throne</p><p><br /></p><p>Grandma Maesa</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055861[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Mother dearest</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055863[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And his long-suffering wife Orbiana</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055862[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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