130,00 €
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 [mm]: | AE26 |
| Weight [g]: | 12,12 |
| Grade: | aVF/aVF |
| Attribution: | SNG France 2090 var |
| Commentary: | black patina, good detail, some roughness |
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").
