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Severus Alexander Perpetuitas Coin Type: Silver denarius of Severus Alexander, 222-235 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 228 CE.
Size and Weight: 20mm, 3.3g
Obverse: Laureate bust right.
IMP SEV ALE - XAND AVG
Reverse: Perpetuitas (or Securitas) standing left, holding globe in front in right hand and gazing at it, long transverse sceptre in crook of left arm, the elbow of which rests on a column.
PERPETVITA - TI AVG
Ref: RCV (2002) 7888, RIC 208
Provenance: Dr. Martina Dieterle (Vcoins), March 2006
BW Ref: 035 029 102
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