Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.09 g, 12h). Rome mint. Special emission, AD 229.

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Lot: 475. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.09 g, 12h). Rome mint. Special emission, AD 229. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / LIBERALITAS AVGVSTI IIII, S C in exergue, Severus Alexander seated left on curule chair set on platform; to left, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia; to right, an officer and a soldier standing left, soldier holding spear; to left, citizen mounting steps to decorated platform. RIC IV 578; BMCRE 565; Banti 41. Green and brown patina, a few patches of red, smoothing and scratches on obverse. VF.

From the Summer Haven Collection.

Lauding Severus Alexander as a generous emperor, this Liberalitas reverse type conveys the distribution of a sum of money and other supplies to the people. Indicated as his fourth such act of kindness and benevolence toward the citizens of Rome, she is depicted next to the emperor holding an abacus (a counting board which showed the amount of money, grain, and other articles of consumption which had been given) and a cornucopia, both exemplifying the congiaria bestowed unto the public.

Closing Date and Time: 3 June 2020 at 12:38:00 ET.

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