Severus Alexander, AV quinarius. AD 232. 3.61 gr.

IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder.
PROVIDENTIA AVG, Annona standing left by modius, holding 
corn-ears and cornucopiae. 

RIC 249 var (aureus); Sear 7854; Vagi 1973.

Very rare.

With permission of Numismatica Ars Classica, Dec. 2002.