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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5353094, member: 85693&quot;]That&#039;s a nice looking Severus Alexander denarius.&nbsp;&nbsp; As a collector, I find his coins to be either very appealing, or not appealing at all - the quality of the artistry can be pretty crude, the strikes poor, the metal dull and gray.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But when they are nice, as the OP is, coins of Severus Alexander can be very nice indeed.&nbsp; I think Doug&#039;s comments on &quot;what&#039;s it worth&quot; are a bull&#039;s eye. </p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t shared this in a while - I paid $18 for it (eBay) because it was taped to an &quot;ancient&quot; retail card from Bath, England, where these were sold to tourists.&nbsp; This sort of thing is usually fake, but they turn up on eBay from time to time and they appear to be genuine - I am pretty sure this one is.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of the better SA that I own - with a beard is a bonus too:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1226954[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1226953[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(227 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right / P M TR P VI COS II P P, Alexander standing, sacrificing from patera over lit tripod altar, scroll in left hand.</p><p>RIC 70; RSC 325 (Bath, Eng.)</p><p>(2.68 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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