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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 3014070, member: 36818&quot;]Nice coins! I like the Eastern denarii of Alexander with Victory running. Great&nbsp; toning!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one of mine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]748009[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Severus Alexander.</b> AR denarius, Eastern mint, struck 222–3 CE; 18mm, 3.24g, 6h. BMCRE 1038–40, RIC 301, RSC 559. Obv: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG; laureate and draped bust right. Rx: V-I-CTORIA AVG; Victoria advancing right holding wreath and palm, star in field right. Scarce; twenty in Reka Devnia with star in reverse field right, no cuirass, and C M AVR in obverse legend. MS.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Dr. Paul Balla Collection.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>--------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s Max Thrax looking a lot like Severus Alexander but with a big chin attached:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]748010[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Maximinus I (Thrax).</b> Augustus 235–8 CE. AR denarius, Rome mint, struck 235 CE; 2.75g. BMCRE 11, RIC 1, RSC 46. Obv: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG; laureate and draped bust right. Rx: P M TR P – P P; Maximinus standing almost front, head left, between two standards, raising right hand and holding long scepter. Good VF. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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