Provincial Rome, Alexandria, Alexander Severus (222–235 CE), Tetradrachm (225–226 CE)
Weight 17.69 g, diameter 27 mm
Obverse: Α ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡϹΕΟΥΗΡΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ, bust of Alexander Severus wearing a laurel wreath, drapery, and a cuirass, facing right, viewed from behind
Reverse: L ΠΕΜΠΤΟΥ, Sarapis seated facing left, holding a scepter and extending his hand over Cerberus seated to his left
A coin of “chocolate” weight, struck on a disc of an unusual weight, with high relief
