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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6725362, member: 85693&quot;]I&#039;m really enjoying this thread - Severus Alexander has slowly become one of my favorite emperors to collect.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My SA collection is small, but I did manage to find a type that I don&#039;t think has been included - although Bing has a similar one with Salus seated, his has different reverse legends.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This one was a Christmas present from my folks c. 1994.&nbsp; To show how far my standards have declined, back then the edge chip <i>really bugged me</i> (no, I did not say anything to them!).&nbsp; Nowadays I am perfectly fine with it - I love the pensive young portrait of Alexander, and the rendition of Salus is interesting and not struck from a worn die.&nbsp; The chip hardly interferes with anything - although I do worry that the coin is fragile since the core looks crystalized (possibly fourree, but I lean towards crystalized):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1271092[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(222 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped bust right / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated left, with patera, feeding serpent rising from altar. </p><p>RIC 178; Sear 7952.</p><p>(2.38 grams / 19 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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