Wonderful Severus Alexander Tetreadrachm

I've always liked the portrait on this one... it's got some green in the cracks that I was a bit worried about but in the time I've had it, the green seems to be hard and stable.



Severus Alexander
EGYPT, Alexandria.
BI Tetradrachm Dated RY 11 (AD 231/2).
Ob: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. A KAI MAP AVP CEV AΛEΞANΔPOC EV
R: Elpis standing left, holding flower; grain-ear to left, LIA (date) to right.
Köln 2467; cf. Dattari 4297; cf. Milne 3062; Emmett 3101.11.

 

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