Alexandre Sévère




Denarius

P M TR P VII COS II P P

Reference :
Weight: 2.92 grs
Metal: Silver
Diameter: 18.00 mm
Scarcity: Common

Obverse

Reverse

Bust

IMP SEV ALE - XANDER AVG

Laureate bust of Alexander Severus right.

P M TR P VII COS II P P

Mars standing right, holding a spear with his right hand and resting his left hand on a shield.

Picture of type

Photos from coin sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221522, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.

Imitation of the RIC 83. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 6h, from London Ancient Coins.



Denarius

SAECVLI FELICITAS

Reference :
Weight: 4.46 grs
Metal: Silver
Diameter: 21.00 mm
Scarcity: Common

Obverse

Reverse

Bust

IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG

Laureate and draped bust of Alexander Severus right.

SAECVLI FELICITAS

Felicitas standing left, holding patera over an lighted altar with the right hand and a caduceus with the left hand.

Picture of type

Photos from coin sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221524, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.

No official coin corresponds to this imitation. Probably a hybrid with a reverse of Julia Maesa. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 6h, from London Ancient Coins. Antoher copy with a different obverse die and same reverse die, sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, lien vers la vente: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221523. Informations dof weight: 4.23 grs and diameter: 19.00 mm, die axis: 6h, from London Ancient Coins. Another one still sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, seems to show a star on the reverse (it is very likely that it is a manufacturing defect and the dies also seem to be the same as those of the copy bound above). Link to this coin: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3618383, Informations of weight: 4.23 grs and diameter: 19.00 mm, die axis: 6h, from London Ancient Coins.