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Lot 234

Starting price: 163 USD
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Severus Alexander. Denarius; Severus Alexander; 222-235 AD, Rome, 231-232 AD, Denarius, 3.97g. Cf. BM-900, C-546, RIC-254. Obv: IMP ALEXAN - DER PIVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed r., seen from front. Rx: SPES - P - VBLICA Spes advancing l., r. foot forward, holding flower and raising skirt. From the Philip Ashton Collection, bought in November 1998. Overweight specimen. The earlier variant of this Spes type, not distinguished from the later variant with left foot forward in the standard catalogues: see the Eauze hoard report, p. 237.. FDC
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