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Message:: [QUOTE="seth77, post: 2172075, member: 56653"]This is a very intriguing piece for the following reasons: it's a limes edition of an Alexander as Caesar (and all his emissions as Caesar are rare) but unlike the usual limes issues, this one was cast as a sub-denomination (a quinarius maybe?) with a diameter of 14mm and a weight of 1.53g: SEVERUS ALEXANDER as CAESAR AE14mm 1.53g limes quinarius(?)/cast "falsum" (VF) AV: [M AVR AL]EXANDER CAES; draped and cuirassed bust r. seen from back. REV: PIETAS AVG; sacrificial implements - lituus, knife, vase, simpulum and sprinkler. EXE: - REF: cf. RIC IV-B 3 10th of July 221 - March 222 AD. With the provision that RIC IV-B 3 is a denarius with dimensions of cca. 17-18mm die and cca. 3g weight. So judging by the discrepancies in both diameter and weight, this piece might represent a quinarius and his quinarii as Caesar are unlisted, not to mention limes ones. As limes issues were fashioned after official Rome silver issues, that means that somewhere there was at least one official issue of a silver quinarius for Alexander as Caesar.[ATTACH=full]419574[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]