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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TTerrier, post: 2561204, member: 76835&quot;]Here is a nice one I got from Ken Dorney (thanks!) - the flan is a bit ragged around the edges but a really nice portrait and Mars is on the reverse in revenge mode (Ken&#039;s picture as its way better than what I can take with my phone).&nbsp; According to wikipedia the cult of MARS VLTOR was created by Augustus to acknowledge his defeat of Caesar&#039;s assassins at Phillippi in 42 BC and also the return of legionary standards lost to the Parthians at the battle of Carrhae in 53 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure whether Severus Alexander was commemorating a specific event with this coin but since he fought and defeated the Parthians in 232 AD that suggests this coin relates to that event - another thing to add to the research list!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]552076[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander denarius</p><p>Rome mint&nbsp; c.232 AD</p><p>3.46 g&nbsp; 21 mm</p><p>IMPALEXANDERPIVSAVG, laureate draped cuirassed bust right</p><p>MARS&nbsp; VLTOR&nbsp; Mars advancing right holding spear and shield</p><p>RIC 246, RSC III 161a - assuming that is a cuirass - I find it difficult to figure that part out.&nbsp; If he doesn&#039;t have one then it is RSC III 161[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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