American Numismatic Society: Bronze Sestertius of Severus Alexander, Rome, AD 222

Weight (in gr.): 21.17
Diameter (in mm): 30

Obverse: [M] AVREL ALEXANDER [AVG] - Bust, head bare, laureate, draped, right

Reverse: I[ND]VLGENTIA AVG/ SC - Spes, walking left, holding flower in right hand and holding skirt in left hand

Date Range: AD 222 - AD 231
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Sestertius
Material: Bronze
Authority
- Authority: Severus Alexander
- - Dynasty: Severan Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Obverse
- Portrait: Severus Alexander
- - Dynasty: Severan Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Reverse
- Deity: Spes

Identifier: 1882.13.7
Department: Roman
Collection: American Numismatic Society
ImageSponsor: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University
Provenance
- Feuardent, Gaston L.

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Bronze Sestertius of Severus Alexander, Rome, AD 222 - AD 231 1882.13.7