Lot 4414

Description

Septimius Severus, (A.D.193-211), silver denarius, (3.45 g), issued 200, Rome mint, obv. laureate head right, around SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, rev. around PROVID AVGG, Providentia standing left, holding rod and sceptre, globe at feet, (S.6354, RIC 494, RSC 586); Severus Alexander, (A.D.222-235), silver denarius, issued 223, Rome mint, (2.90 g), obv. laureate bust to right, draped and cuirassed, around IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, rev. P M TR P II COS P P, Pax standing to left, holding olive-branch and sceptre, (S.7896, RIC 27, C.236) Good very fine - very fine. (2)

With detailed biographies of Septimius Severus and Severus Alexander.