Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (21mm, 6.48 g, 5h). Rome mint. 1st emission, early AD 222. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P C OS P P, Salus, draped, seated left on throne, feeding from patera in right hand serpent coiled around and rising from altar to left, and resting left arm, elbow bent, on side of throne. RIC IV 13; BMCRE 32; Calicó 3085; Adda –; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –; Gorny & Mosch 207, lot 666 (same rev. die). Lustrous, minor hairlines. EF. Very rare and missing from most collections.
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