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Lot 47. Severus Alexander AE38, Aigeai

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Severus Alexander as priest of Asklepios

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Bidding closed (Sunday, October 20th, 19:23:30 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, November 24th, 01:32:31 CET

Price realised:

CHF 480.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 515.61 / USD 537.17 / GBP 428.74

High bidder:

Bidder 1

eAuction #19, Lot 47. Estimate: CHF 600.00

Severus Alexander (222-235 AD). AE38 (21.13 g), Aigeai, Cilicia.
Obv. AVT K AΛЄΞANΔPON APX MЄ OIK ACKΛH, laureate and draped bust right, holding serpent-entwined staff of Asklepios in left hand, right arm at chest.
Rev. AΛЄΞANΔPVΠOΛIC AΔPIANH / AIΓAIWN, eagle standing front on thunderbolt, head right, wreath in beak, between legs, goat.
SNG Levante 1773 (this coin); Winterthur 4545 (same dies); SNG France 2366 (same dies).

Very rare. Brown Patina and very fine.

There has been much discussion about this fascinating obverse type. While Imhoof-Blumer read the legend as "Imperator Caesar Alexander, dedicator of the rebuilt temple of Asclepius", while Eduardo Levante suggested an alternative reading as "on behalf of the pontifex maximus of the Empire", meaning the greatest high priest of the world. For a longer discussion, see CNG 94 (2013), 899 (same obverse die): http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=240194

From the Eduardo Levante collection, published in SNG Switzerland I / Levante (1986), 1773.

Lot 47. Severus Alexander AE38, Aigeai

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