Severus Alexander - 222-235 AD - FIDES MILITVM - VF Sestertius
IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG
Laureate bust right
FIDES MILITVM
Fides standing left, holding standard in each hand.
Weight: 24.08 gr
Diameter:30.5 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