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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3949957, member: 85693&quot;]Doug&#039;s comment is very interesting.&nbsp; My collection is pretty small, but I have an as of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander, both of which are weirdly well-executed and heavy (heavy as compared to the sestertii of this era). </p><p><br /></p><p>Which is to say Doug&#039;s &quot;special issue&quot; theory does seem plausible.&nbsp; The Elagabalus has the &quot;ADVENTVS&quot; reverse, which may refer to his arrival in Rome from the East, for sure a time for distributing &quot;special&quot; coins.&nbsp; Not that I have any proof:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1040835[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elagabalus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 219-220 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate draped bust right / ADVENTVS AVGVSTI, SC below, emperor on horseback left, holding baton.</p><p>RIC 341; Cohen 7; BMC 365.</p><p>(11.75 grams / 25 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the Severus Alexander as - I have sestertii almost this heavy - this was issued late in his reign, I believe:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1040836[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(231-235 A.D.)</b></p><p>ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder /</p><p>PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left by modius, holding corn-ears and</p><p>cornucopiae. S-C across fields.</p><p>RIC 644b; Cohen 504.</p><p>(13.98 grams / 26 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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