A beautiful sestertius of Alexander Severus.
Obverse: a bust of the emperor wearing a laurel wreath, with drapery over his left shoulder, facing right; the legend in the rim reads:
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG;
Reverse: Providentia standing facing left, holding a cornucopia and ears of grain above a modius; in the fields, S-C; in the rim, the legend:
PROVIDENTIA AVG;
Bronze, diameter 28 mm, weight 21.3 g.
