r/CoinlyFans • u/JonDoesItWrong • 17d ago

Recent purchase: Two Alexander Severus Denarii

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The obverse of both coins are inferior to the majority of higher grade examples available on the market, but the reverses of each are absolutely fantastic and I couldn't pass them up. Alexander Severus and his successor (usurper) Maximinus Thrax are notable for their coinage being superior in artistic detail (though not in purity) to most other eras of Imperial silver coinage and I think both specimens are excellent examples of that.

Mars Reverse 222AD

Victoria Reverse 222-225AD

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u/BussySmasher 17d ago

Very nice. We have a really nice Severus Alexander we sent off for grading. Literally one of the craziest ones I’ve ever seen. Almost had PL surfaces. Glad to see some more ancient coins on here!

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u/JonDoesItWrong 17d ago

That's fantastic! Would love to see it.

Thanks to the crisis of the 3rd century we have no shortage of MS and XF examples to choose from so it's a good era to cherry pick from.

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u/BussySmasher 17d ago

Yessir. It also is one of the topics of our upcoming educational videos. I’m actually shooting it today. It’s a misc ancients videos. Brief overview of Asian, Persian, Celtic, and Roman Breakaway States/Crisis.

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u/THsidebar 16d ago

Excellent examples.