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AR24 - Severus Alexander L Ϛ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 226-227 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander facing right, depicted from behind with the cuirass and paludamentum clearly visible. The emperor's portrait is rendered in the characteristic Alexandrian provincial style, with a wreath of laurel encircling the head. The Greek imperial titulature legend runs around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | Tyche of Alexandria standing facing, head turned to the left, wearing a kalathos (modius) upon her head. She holds a long rudder in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm, emblematic of the city's fortune and prosperity. The regnal year date appears in the left field as a single lunate epsilon digamma (L Ϛ), denoting the sixth year of the emperor's reign. |
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| Mintage | ND (226-227) |
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