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| OBV | AVT KAI MAR AVR CEO AL(EXANDROC CE), laureate draped and cuirassed bust right | | REV | ANTIOCIWN MH KO, Tyche seated left on rock, river god Orontes swimming left below, ram leaping left above, D-E over S-C across fields | This coin was minted in the ancient city of Antioch in what is now southern Turkey near the border with Syria
These coins are known as "provincial" coins because they were minted by one of the Roman Emperors within one of the Roman Provinces
By the 3rd century A.D., the sestertius had become a smaller bronze coin, and after Gallienus' reign (A.D. 253-268), it was no longer minted
SEVERUS ALEXANDER AE Sestertius (31-32 mm, 17.66 gm)
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