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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6724114, member: 85693&quot;]I have a similar situation with this one (though in much poorer condition.&nbsp; The flan is about 27 mm, but the die diameter is about 24 mm, with a 14.70 grams weight - a big as.&nbsp; This has a draped bust and I am not entirely sure of the attribution because the reverse is so trashed:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1271073[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 222-231 A.D.)&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEX[ANDER AVG] laureate, draped, bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGVST SC, Liberalitas standing left, holding coin counter and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 569.</p><p>(14.70 grams / 27 x 25 mm)</p><p>eBay Feb. 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Lot @ $1.50</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another big as - 26mm flan, 22mm flan, almost 14 grams: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1271078[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(231-235 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left by modius, holding corn-ears and cornucopiae. S-C across fields.</p><p>RIC 644b; Cohen 504.</p><p>(13.96 grams / 26 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, here is a very skimpy sestertius, I think.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t know - it only weighs 12.65 grams, but the die is so large, virtually all the obverse legend is missing, off-flan.&nbsp; The head is quite large too.&nbsp; My efforts at attribution below: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1271079[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sest.</b></p><p><b>(222-231 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CAES] M AVR [SEV ALEXANDER AVG], laureate, draped bust right / [PAX] AVGVSTI S-C, Pax, draped, running left, holding olive-branch and sceptre. </p><p>RIC 592c.</p><p>(12.65 grams / 27 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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