Obverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander to right, aegis on left shoulder. Inscription in Greek. Reverse: Horseman right, doubleaxe in right hand. At right, snake coiled around tree. Inscription in Greek. (see media screen for Greek inscriptions)
Provenance
By 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (Waddell Auction 1, Barbizon Plaza Hotel, 106 Central Park South, New York, December 9, 1982, lot 363); by 1986: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1104, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (Waddell List 25, no. 108); purchased by MFA from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., January 21, 1987
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Roman Provincial, Imperial Period, A.D. 222–235
Mint
Hyrgaleis, Asia: Phrygia
Dimensions
Diameter: 35.5 mm. Weight: 20.61 gm. Die Axis: 6
Accession Number
1987.36
Medium or Technique
Bronze