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Message:: [QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7884116, member: 99456"]A fun coin and observation - congratulations on the find.  Here's a favorite trio of coins.  If you ignore the legends: Which ones are Severus Alexander (AD 222 to 235) and which ones Maximinus Thrax (AD 235 to 238)?[ATTACH=full]1359811[/ATTACH][SPOILER="Who's who?"]The first coin on the left is Severus Alexander.  The other two are Maximinus.  The middle/top coin has a very "Severus Alexander" transitional portrait.<ul> <li>Alexander/Annona <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.sa.187" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.sa.187" rel="nofollow">RIC 187</a></li> <li>Maximinus/Victory <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.max_i.16_denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.max_i.16_denarius" rel="nofollow">RIC 16</a></li> <li>Maximinus/Providentia <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.max_i.13_denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.max_i.13_denarius" rel="nofollow">RIC 13</a></li> </ul>[/SPOILER][/QUOTE]