SEVERUS ALEXANDER BRONZE AE30 – RARE ISSUE OF SMYRNA PUBLISHED IN RPC ONLINE – CHOICE XF STAR NGC GRADED ROMAN PROVINCIAL COIN (Inv. 21381)

$1,500.00

21381. ROMAN EMPIRE. SEVERUS ALEXANDER, AD 222–235. PROVINCIAL ISSUE OF SMYRNA, IONIA.
Bronze Denomination, 14.44 g, 30 mm.
Obv. ΕΠ Ϲ Μ ΟΥΙΝΙ ΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΥ, veiled and draped bust of Demeter Horia (Asia) left, holding corn ears and cornucopia. Rev. ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΡ ΑϹΙΑϹ Γ ΝΕ ΤΩΝ ϹΕΒ, amazon Smyrna standing, holding patera in right hand, double axe and pelta in left; prow at feet to right.
RPC VI 4681(Online Temporary), 11(this coin, also illustrated on top of category Klose XVII, 1).
Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 107, 4/2/2001, lot 309.
NGC CHOICE XF STAR, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, extremely rare and in exceptional condition.