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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Severus Alexander| > RS95277
Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D.
|Severus| |Alexander|, |Severus| |Alexander,| |13| |March| |222| |-| |March| |235| |A.D.|, This coin was dedicated to Jupiter, the defender, probably to ask for protection the emperor in his war against the Persians. As Jupiter was the king of the gods, he took more interest in kings and emperors than the common man.
RS95277. Silver denarius, RIC IV 235, RSC III 76, BMCRE VI 790, Hunter III 70, SRCV II 7870, Choice EF, bold well centered strike, sharp portrait, flow lines, light tone on mint luster, Rome mint, weight 3.231g, maximum diameter 19.6mm, die axis 180o, 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 hand; SOLD











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