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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4185673, member: 85693&quot;]I just got another Severus Alexander AE that is confusing me, and I thought this thread was a good home for it. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is in poor shape - the reverse is, Libertas, Liberalitas or Aequitas, but it is hard to tell - I am leaning towards Libertas or Liberalitas given what faint lettering I think I see.&nbsp; It is 27 mm and weighs 14.68 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here it is: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075715[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What puzzles me is the denomination.&nbsp; The fabric, small size of the obverse lettering and bust, would have me think an as.&nbsp; But at 14.68 grams, it weighs on the low end for SA sestertii. </p><p><br /></p><p>Compounding my dilemma is this comparison.&nbsp; On the left is a sestertius from the same era (obv. inscriptions) - note the broad flan, big head, etc. (full attribution below).&nbsp; It weighs a bit more, but it is on a thinner flan.&nbsp; Next to it is my new as or whatever it is.&nbsp; They really look fundamentally (denominationally) different to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075716[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Severus Alexander&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sest.</b></p><p><b>(226 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALE[XANDER AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AEQVITAS AVGVSTI S C, Aequitas standing with scales and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 547; Cohen 20.</p><p>(17.94 grams / 30 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Opinions please - is my new coin an as or a sestertius?&nbsp; Does any of this have to do with monetary reform during Severus Alexander&#039;s reign?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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