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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 5151164, member: 82549"]You coin of Severus Alexander is from 227 AD, the reverse is P M TR P VI - COS II P P and, as you noticed, depicts the emperor with a patera, sacrificing at an altar. It could be a sestertius (RIC 468), a dupondius (469 ) or an as (470), depending on the size and weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since nothing on the coin matches the envelope, the most likely explanation is that an earlier owner accidentally switched envelopes and the seller probably didn't know much about ancient coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 5151164, member: 82549"]You coin of Severus Alexander is from 227 AD, the reverse is P M TR P VI - COS II P P and, as you noticed, depicts the emperor with a patera, sacrificing at an altar. It could be a sestertius (RIC 468), a dupondius (469 ) or an as (470), depending on the size and weight. Since nothing on the coin matches the envelope, the most likely explanation is that an earlier owner accidentally switched envelopes and the seller probably didn't know much about ancient coins.[/QUOTE]
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