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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 261449, member: 6370&quot;]<img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/sevalex.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman">A.D. 222-235 (IMP) 231-235 (coin): <b>Severus Alexander</b> – Denarius / RSC 232 / RIC 67 / IMP. C M AVG SEV ALEXAND AVG. / Laureate Bust Draped Right / P M TR P VI COS II P P / Pax running left, holding olive branch and scepter / Rome Mint / Size: 18 mm Weight: 3.13 g</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial">This is one of the finest portraits in my collection in my opinion. I collect pretty much any type of coin that catches my facy but my main love is Ancient Imperial Roman Coins and Notgeld take a close second with general world coins, Conder tokens and some medals thrown in.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial">This is a Denarius of Severus Alexander...just a bit of history about the young emperor:</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial">Proclaimed Emperor at the age of 14, killed by Maximinus I (Thrax) at the age of 26 he ruled for almost half his life. He is the last of the principate rulers of the style set by Augustus and his death marks the beginning of the Crisis and Decline and the era of the so-called soldier emperors better equipped to deal with the challenges of an empire in constant threat from enemies.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial">His reign and the reign of his sucessor, the Giant Maximinus Thrax is the true turning point, a permanent change in how the empire would forever be governed and who would govern. With some exception the pampered prince would no longer be given the empire to rule, now the army would look to its generals to rule and the senate would lose even more of their already diminished influence. The republic was already long dead, now there would be no more pretense, it would truly be an Empire.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial">The rule of Severus was considered the final calm before the storm, with sound advice (from wise men and his mother) and good intentions he brought dignity back to the principate and the state and in civic matters proved a tolerant and amiable emperor. But it would be his youth and inexperience with matters of war, and the need of strong and decisive leadership that would be his downfall and the good fortune for a career military man from the province of Thrace called Maximinus (denarius shown below).</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Arial"><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/thrax.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman">A.D. 235-238 (IMP) <b>Maximinus I</b> – AR / Denarius / <font size="2">Sear 2337 / </font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="2">RIC 7a / </font></font><font size="2">RSC 7a / IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG / laureate, draped bust right / FIDES MILITVM</font> / Fides standing left, a standard in each hand / Size: 19 mm Weight: 3.5 g</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.cachecoins.org/severusalexander.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cachecoins.org/severusalexander.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.cachecoins.org/severusalexander.htm</a></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.cachecoins.org/maximinusthrax.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cachecoins.org/maximinusthrax.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.cachecoins.org/maximinusthrax.htm</a></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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