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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 6694137, member: 75937&quot;]Great write-up, [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER]! Handsome coins, too! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander&#039;s attempts to improve the currency are attested by dupondii with the legends RESTITVTOR MON (Restitutor Monetae) and MON RESTITVTA (Moneta Restituta) issued in AD 228. Here is an example of such a dupondius from my own collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-alexander-restitvtor-mon-dupondius-jpg.1043207/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Severus Alexander, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman orichalchum dupondius, 10.47 g, 24.7 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, special issue, AD 228.</p><p>Obv: IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, radiate bust, right, with slight drapery on left shoulder.</p><p>Rev: RESTITVTOR MON S C, Emperor in military dress, standing front, head left, extending right hand and holding vertical reversed spear in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 601; BMCRE 546-550; Cohen 517; RCV 8052.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yep!</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-alexander-annona-avg-denarius-jpg.1080792/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Severus Alexander, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.95 g, 19.4 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Rome, issue 12, AD 231.</p><p>Obv: IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head, right, with drapery on left shoulder.</p><p>Rev: ANNONA AVG, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius at feet and holding anchor in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 188; BMCRE 674-76; RSC 29a; RCV 7859.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s the mommy&#039;s boy with his mommy.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270245[/ATTACH]Severus Alexander and Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ pentassarion, 10.1 g, 25.7 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, magistrate Umbrius Tereventinus, AD 226-227.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΓ ΚΜ Α[VΡ CΕVΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC ΚΑΙ] ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ, confronted busts.</p><p>Rev: ΗΓ Ȣ [ΤΕΡΕΒΕΝΤΙΝΟV ΜΑΡ]ΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤ-ΩΝ, Dikaiosyne standing l., holding scales and cornucopiae, E (5) in field, r.</p><p>Refs: AMNG --; Moushmov --; Varbanov --; BMC --; Sear --; SNG Cop --; SNG von Aulock --; Lindgren --.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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