As - Severus Alexander PONTIF MAX TR P V COS II P P LIB AVG III; Liberalitas

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Severus Alexander (Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander) (222-235)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	226
Value	As (1⁄32)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	10.3 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 279551
References	RIC IV.2# 455 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1938. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.2. Macrinus – Pupienus (AD 217–238). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.sa.455 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Severus Alexander, in military attire, seated left on platform; behind, officer and soldier, standing left; in front, Liberalitas, standing left, citizen mounting steps.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PONTIF MAX TR P V COS II P P LIB AVG III

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quinta, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae, Liberalitas Augusti Tertia.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the fifth time, consul for the second time, father of the nation, the third liberality of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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