Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1169. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEVERUS ALEXANDER. 222-235 AD. AV Aureus (5.94 gm, 8h). Struck 230 AD. IMP SEV ALE-XAND AVG, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / P M TR P VIIII COS III P P, Romulus, laureate and in military outfit, advancing right, holding spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder. RIC IV 103; Pink III, pg. 16; BMCRE 620; Calicó 3121 (same reverse die); Cohen -. FDC. ($4000)