RS87940. Silver denarius, RIC IV 235, RSC III 76, BMCRE VI 790, Hunter III 70, SRCV II 7870, Choice EF, superb portrait, fantastic iridescent toning, excellent centering and strike, some tiny green encrustations, tiny edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 2.657g, maximum diameter 19.3mm, die axis 180
o, 231 - 235 A.D.; obverse IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, with a short neatly trimmed beard, seen from the front; reverse IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter standing left in fighting attitude, head right, nude but for chlamys on left arm and billowing behind, hurling thunderbolt in right;
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