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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3986020, member: 85693&quot;]Really nice coins and a nice way to start out the year, Luke. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a Severus Alexander sestertius with Providentia similar to yours, but not with the anchor.&nbsp; This is the heaviest SA sestertius I have - most of mine are 20 grams or less.&nbsp; It feels like a big Antonine in hand:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049532[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Severus Alexander <b>Æ Sestertius </b></b></p><p><b><b>Rome Mint</b></b></p><p><b>(231-235 A.D.)</b></p><p>IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG laureate bust rt., draped far shoulder / PROVIDENTIA</p><p>AVG, S-C, Providentia draped standing left by modius, holding grain ears and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 642b; Cohen 503.</p><p>(24.06 grams / 30 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a recent acquisition - it is more typical in weight:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049533[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Severus Alexander Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(222-231 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / IVSTITIA AVGVSTI, Justitia draped, seated left with patera and sceptre, SC in exergue.</p><p>RIC 563b; Cohen 106.</p><p>(15.81 grams / 26 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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