HJB-Rare Septimius Severus Alexandria,     
Rare Septimius Severus Alexandria,    
 
 193-211 AD, , Alexandria, 194 AD, 3.08g. BMC p. 83, C-329 (no source cited), RIC-359. Obv: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT A[VG] Head laureate r. Rx: MONETA [AVG] Moneta standing l. holding scales and cornucopia. Denarius. Ex Marc Melcher Collection, Triton VI, Jan. 2003, lot 1716 (part). Rare like all Alexandrian denarii of Severus: no specimens in Reka Devnia hoard, only twelve known to Roger Bickford-Smith in 1993, though a number of others have emerged since then. Fine