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Lot 540

Estimate: 325 USD
Price realized: 200 USD
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Severus Alexander. AE 27; Severus Alexander; 222-235 AD, Caesarea, Cappadocia, Year 6 = 227 AD, AE 27, 12.29g. RPC-10898 (1 spec., same dies). Obv: [AY K] CEOYH - A?E?AN? Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: MHT - PO - KAIC[A] around, ET S in exergue, Agalma of Mt. Argaeus in four-columned temple, in pediment of temple pellet. Very rare; only one other specimen, from the same dies, known to RPC Temp. The same type also occurs in a smaller denomination, but there with only two rather than four columns on the temple facade, and with the mountain agalma resting on the temple floor rather than on a base or altar.. F
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