Description: Cappadocia, Caesarea, Severus Alexander (222 - 235 AD). Dated year 5 (226/227 AD). AV K CEOY ΑΛΕCΑΝ; laureate head right / MHTR KAICA; three grain ears, ETE (date) in lower field.

Diameter: AE23 mm

Weight: 6 g

Grade: gVF/gVF

Attribution: Sydenham 596

Commentary: green patina, sharp details with great portrait

History: From the time of Severus Alexander originate the Chinese story of Roman merchant visiting the Chinese region of today Hanoi and named Qin Lun ("Qin" - Chinese standard for foreign names, "Lun" - probably Greek "Leon").

Article Number: 026-07-07-41652