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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7756522, member: 84905&quot;]I found the following three denari on Ebay recently. They are all from the same seller. The price was quite low and I expected to be disappointed. Now I have them in hand and I must say that I am really very pleased with them. </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Severus Alexander as Caesar, Rome 221-222, weight 3.45 gm, RIC 3</p><p>M AVR ALEXANDER CAES&nbsp; // PIETAS AVG</p><p><br /></p><p>While coins of Alexander Severus as Augustus are usually very common, his coins as Caesar are not seen very often. Note the name form Marcus Aurelius Alexander. He later changed his name to Severus Alexander.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328963[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2. Julia Aquilia Severa, Rome, 220, weight 3.48 gm, RIC 225</p><p>IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG&nbsp; //&nbsp; CONCORDIA </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins of Elagabalus&#039; second wife are quite scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328976[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3. Severus Alexander, Rome, weight 3.46 gm, RIC 208</p><p>IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG&nbsp; //&nbsp; PERPETVITATI AVG</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is in excellent condition with perfect surfaces. I think this reverse is somewhat scarce. I suppose Perpet Vitati means &quot;to enternal life&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328979[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed that the third and youngest of the three coins seems to be of much better silver than the first two. I suppose there has been some sort of coin reform early in the reign of Severus Alexander.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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