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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3243141, member: 87200&quot;]I don&#039;t have an Orbiana yet, so here is Severus Alexander, A.D. 222-235, an emperor who unfortunately was killed in the uprising of Maximinus Thrax.</p><p><br /></p><p>Type: AE Sestertius, 29mm, 17.6 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG</p><p>Laureate head of Alexander right</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: VICTORIA AVGVSTI</p><p>Victory Standing left, holding wreath and palm</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: RIC 618, Sear 8022, Cohen 569</p><p><br /></p><p>The Victory may be celebrating the defeat of the Germans at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_the_Harzhorn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_the_Harzhorn" rel="nofollow">battle of Harzhorn</a>, but historians are unsure about the exact date of the battle, which occurred either during the latter period of the reign of Alexander or the early part of the reign of Maximinus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]849383[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]849384[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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