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Coin Type: Silver denarius of Severus Alexander, 222-235 CE Mint and Date: Rome, 222 CE. Size and Weight: 20mm, 2.3g Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG Reverse: Salus seated left, elbow resting on chair arm, holding out a patera to feed a snake rising from an altar. SALVS PVBLICA Provenance: inclinatioroma (Vauctions), August 2005 Ref: RCV (2002) 7925, RIC 179 BW Ref: 020 026 033 |
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