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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2561388, member: 31620&quot;]Severus Alexander brings back good collecting memories. It was a Mars type of Severus Alexander that introduced me to ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Severus Alexander denarius</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing right, holding a spear and shield</p><p>Minted in Rome, A.D. 232</p><p>References:– RIC 246, RSC 161a </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20077a%20img~2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander denarii also introduced me to the concept of coins coming from eastern mints that were just stylistically different from Rome output and that there was stuff out there that people hadn&#039;t seen before.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alexander denarius</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– VIRVS (sic) AVG, Virtus standing right, holding reversed spear and victory</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20077m%20img~0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I still dabble with his coins but only when I spot something that interests me</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Severus Alexander Denarius</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:- IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:- LIBERTAS AVG, Aequitas, standing front, head left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left;</p><p>Minted in Antioch. A.D. 223.</p><p>Reference:– BMC -. RIC -. RSC -. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Wrong legend for deity....</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_077ay_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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