Severus Alexander - Augustus 222-235 AD - Sestercius
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG
Bare head right
PM TR P XI COS III PP
Sol advancing left, raising hand and holding whip.
Weight: 20.18 gr
Diameter: 29.4 mm
Severus Alexander was Roman emperor from 222 to 235, and the last from the Severan dynasty. Alexander was the heir to his cousin, the 18-year-old Emperor Elagabalus, who had been murdered along with his mother Julia Soaemias, by his own guards, who, as a mark of contempt, had their remains cast into the Tiber river