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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8299141, member: 110350&quot;]Severus Alexander, AE 22, AD 218-222, Mysia, Parion. Obv. Laureate bust right, wearing cuirass with Gorgoneion, seen from front, IMP CAEƧ L ƧEP ƧEV ALEXANDER (all S retrograde) / Rev. Asklepios seated right on throne, with right hand extended, holding and examining raised right fore-hoof of bovid (cow or bull) standing left with head raised towards his face, DEO AE ƧVB above, C G H I P [Colonia Gemella Hadriana Iulia Pariana] in exergue.* RCP VI Online 3871 (temp.) (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3871" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3871" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3871</a>). 20.03 mm., 4.24 g.&nbsp; <i>Purchased from Lodge Antiquities, UK, Jan. 2022.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468057[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>*According to RCP VI 3871, the (blundered) reverse legend “is presumably an attempt at DEO AESCVLAP.” But see <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=85231q00.jpg&amp;vpar=1901&amp;zpg=91146&amp;fld=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=85231q00.jpg&amp;vpar=1901&amp;zpg=91146&amp;fld=" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=85231q00.jpg&amp;vpar=1901&amp;zpg=91146&amp;fld=</a>, stating that DEO AE ƧVB stands for “Deo Aesculapius subvenienti - to Aesculapius, the god who helps.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, cow. Or heifer. No bull. (Ox or steer? Use your judgment.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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