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Lot
# 566 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$100
/ Price Realized: US$125
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Severus Alexander. Denarius
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Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. Denarius, 2.89gg. (1h). Rome, 232 AD. Obv: IMP ALEXAN - DER PIVS AVG Bust laureate, draped right, seen from front. Rx: LIBERALI - TAS AVG V Liberalitas standing left holding coin counter and cornucopia. Bust variant of BM 946*, Cohen 142 (10 Fr.), and RIC 243 (S). Rare: only 3 specimens in Reka Devnia Hoard, not in BM by1962. Mint State.
Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Purchased from Classical Coins, October 1999.
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