Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander right with slight drapery. Reverse: Providentia or Annona standing left, holding cornucopia and grain ears over a modius filled with grain ears.

Severus Alexander, last of the Severan dynasty, ruled from AD 222 until his murder by mutinous troops in Germany in 235, which opened the Crisis of the Third Century.

The personification on the reverse, whether read as Providentia or Annona, advertises the emperor's care for Rome's grain supply, a perennial imperial responsibility given visual shorthand by the modius heaped with ears.

Well-struck coin with excellent detail and minimal wear on high points. Surface shows light marks consistent with circulation.

Iridescent peach toning over lustrous surfaces, some shallow scratches on reverse. Boldly struck with fresh dies on a broad flan.

Laureate head with slight drapery on left shoulder. Reverse shows Providentia standing left with grain ears and cornucopia.

Lightly toned with trace die rust on obverse

Lightly toned with a few faint scratches.

Lustrous surface with a short flan crack. Struck on a broad flan.

Granular surfaces with traces of verdigris on obverse.

Iridescent toning. Portrait in fine style with delicate detail in the emperor's hair.

Light iridescent tone with residual luster. Scratch on obverse and traces of deposits.

Laureate bust with slight drapery on obverse.

Attractive cabinet toning with small spot of verdigris on the reverse.

Lustrous with a few light marks. Well struck on a broad flan.

Lightly toned with considerable luster, a few minor marks. Struck from fresh dies.


2/19/25	$170	VF	CNG	▲ +52%
8/28/24	$250	AU	CNG	— 0%
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11/15/23	$350	XF	CNG	▲ +13%

Denarius of Severus AlexanderRIC IV 250

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