Description: Cilicia, Anazarbos, Severus Alexander (222 - 235 AD). Struck 230/231 AD (year 249). AVT K MA CEO AΛEΣANΔPO; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΑΝΑΣ ENΔOX MITPO; saddled horse standing right with left foreleg raised, ΓB, date in ex.

Diameter: AE26 mm

Weight: 12,12 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: SNG France 2090 var

Commentary: black patina, good detail, some roughness

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: 036-03-06-41652