Egypt, Alexandria. Severus Alexander 222-235. Tetradrachm (Billon, 23.00 mm, 12.30 g). Dated RY 2 = AD 222/3. Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑYΡ СEYHP ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔPOC ЄYCЄB Laureate, draped and cuirassed youthful bust right. Rev. Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, before palm branch; L B (date) in upper left field. Dattari-Savio 4373. Milne 2891. BMC 1636. Geissen 2413. Emmett 3139. Attractive dark green patina. Good Very Fine. Ex Empire Coins, Auction 8, 7.12.1987, lot 654. Fascinating tetradrachm of the very young emperor Severus Alexander, already adopted in 221 AD by his cousin Marcus Aurelius Antoninus III, called Elagabalus to succeed him then to the throne on 11 March 222 AD. We are here in his second year of reign, started on 29 August 222 when Alexander was just 14 years old and was under the tutelage of his mother Julia Mamea who stayed with him for as long as his reign and was slaughtered together with him in February-March 235 AD. The portrait finely engraved on the obverse gives, however, a childish image that evokes tenderness and empathy.