Severus Alexander, 222-235. AE of Rhesaena, Mesopotamia. 4,29 g.

Obv: ..ALEXANDROC.. (usually partially retrograde), laureate, 
draped and cuirassed bust right (usually the clothing is 
exaggerated, and resembles a thick crescent).
Rev: The Centaur Sagittarius standing right, before him the banner of a vexillum inscribed LEG III, delta below.

K. Castelin, The Coinage of Rhesaena in Mesopotamia, ANS NNM 
108 (1946), p. 20, 17A; BMC 9. 
Scarce.

Estimate: 50 EUR

With kind permission of Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, May 2008.