Provincial Rome, Alexandria, Alexander Severus (222–235 CE), Tetradrachm (231–232 CE)
Weight 12.23 g, diameter 23 mm
Obverse: Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡϹΕΥΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ε(ΥϹ), a bust ofAlexander Severus wearing a laurel wreath, drapery, and a cuirass, facing right, viewed from behind
Reverse: Elpis standing facing left, holding a flower and lifting her skirt; a palm branch on the left, L ΙΑ on the right
Coin with a dark patina
