Mint/Date: Rome, AD 223 (TR P II) Obv.: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG – laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev.: P M TR P II COS P P – Pax standing left, holding scepter and olive branch Reference: RIC IV 27 Legends: P M Pontifex Maximus; TR P II Tribunician Power year 2 (AD 223); COS Consul; P P Father of the Fatherland Severus Alexander (AD 222–235) was the last emperor of the Severan dynasty; as a teenager he ruled under the strong influence of his mother Julia Mamaea. He sought cooperation with the Senate and stability while facing the rising Sasanian power in the East and pressure on the Rhine–Danube frontiers. In 235 he was killed by mutinous troops near Mogontiacum (Mainz), a moment often marked as the start of the Third-Century Crisis.