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Coin Type: Silver denarius of Severus Alexander, 222-235 CE Mint and Date: Rome, 230 CE. Size and Weight: 19mm, 2.19g Obverse: IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG Laureate bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS AVG Virtus seated left on a cuirass, holding branch in right hand and tall sceptre in left hand behind. Ref: RCV (2002) 7937, RIC IV 221 Provenance: David Connors (Vcoins), March 2006 BW Ref: 034 025 090 |
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Note: The greenish spots, especially on the broken edge, and the dark colour of the broken edge, suggest that this might be a particularly thick-skinned fourée. |
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