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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Severus Alexander| > RB78074
Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D.
|Severus| |Alexander|, |Severus| |Alexander,| |13| |March| |222| |-| |March| |235| |A.D.|, In 226 A.D., the Parthian Empire fell. King Ardashir I, ruler of the Sassanid dynasty, defeated Artabanus V and was crowned "King of Kings" of the Persian Empire, beginning the 400 year-reign of the Sassanid Empire.
RB78074. Orichalcum sestertius, BMCRE VI 357, RIC IV 440, Cohen IV 282, Hunter III 92 var. (also cuirassed), cf. SRCV II 7989 (TR P IIII), F, well centered on a broad flan, nice portrait for grade, green patina, marks, small edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 22.229g, maximum diameter 33.1mm, die axis 0o, 226 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse P M TR P V COS II P P, Mars advancing right, nude but for helmet and cloak at waist flying out left and right, transverse spear in right hand, trophy of captured arms over left shoulder in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking below cloak; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren; SOLD











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