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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8257511, member: 85693&quot;]Very nice sestertius, and a great price, [USER=116907]@Mammothtooth[/USER]&nbsp; Here&#039;s mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455970[/ATTACH]<b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sest.</b></p><p><b>(226 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint - 6th Emission</b></p><p>IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>/ ANNONA AVGVSTI, Annona standing left, holding corn ears over modius &amp; cornucopiae, SC.</p><p>RIC 548 (var.); BMCRE6 346.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>(24.66 grams / 31 mm)</p><p>eBay July 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><b>Attribution Note: </b></p><p>This appears to have a cuirassed bust; as per this one: </p><p>Roma Numismatics Ltd&nbsp; E-Sale 70, 7 May 2020, lot 1226. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 747.</p><p>[USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] on CT pointed out (Aug. 8, 2020) this is: BMCRE6 346 (p. 149)</p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander had some handsome big AEs, though some of them are on irregular flans, etc.&nbsp; Here are a few others I&#039;ve scrounged: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455972[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1455973[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1455974[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1455976[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1455977[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1455979[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And one of my few slabs: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455988[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1455989[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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