Severus Alexander. ; Severus Alexander; 222-235 AD, Parium, Mysia, AE 22-23, 7.85g. RPC temp.-3876, spec. 3 (same dies); SNG Paris-1506 corr. (same obv. die). Obv: IMP CAES L SEP SEV ALEXANDER (the three S's retrograde) Bust laureate, cuirassed r., seen from front, Medusa head on cuirass. Rx: CGIH P above, AR in exergue, She-wolf standing r., looking back at seated Twins whom she suckles. Instead of his own names M AVR, Alexander is erroneously called L SEP, doubtless because of the following SEV, a name which Alexander had indeed taken over from Septimius.. VF
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