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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 24483883, member: 104887&quot;]<b>Hi All,</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1549590[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>SEVERUS ALEXANDER (11 Mar 222 - Mar 235 CE)</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 05 (29 Aug 225 - 28 Aug 226 CE)</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><br /></b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Bi Tetradrachm</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>24x27mm</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>8.18grams</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Axis: 11:00</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>Broucheion Collection R-1995-09-22.003</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv:</b> Severus Alexander laureate and draped bust facing right. Legend: AKAIMAVPCЄOVHPAΛЄXANΔPOCЄVCЄB. Dotted border.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Serapis, modius on head, standing, facing left with right hand upraised in greeting. Left hand cradles staff. Legend: [L]ΠЄM - ΠTOY. Dotted border.</p><p><b>Refs:</b> Emmett-3134.05 (Roman style coinage); Geissen-2434; Dattari-4357; ; Milne-2973; Curtis-1098; SNG Copenhagen 632; BMC-1659; Mionnet-2635.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Note:</b> <span style="color: #ff0000">Rome style struck at the Rome mint for use in Egypt.</span> See &quot;ROME AND ALEXANDRIA: THE MINTING OF EGYPTIAN TETRADRACHMS UNDER SEVERUS ALEXANDER&quot; by Andrew Burnett &amp; Paul Craddock. Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society), Vol. 28 (1983), pp 109-118. [Available on JSTOR if you are an ANS member.]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- Broucheion</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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