169, Lot: 282. Estimate $150. Sold for $311. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 22.95 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 229. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Severus Alexander seated left on curule chair set on daïs, extending hand to individual standing left, mounting stairs to receive tessera; Liberalitas standing facing before, holding abacus; two attendants standing left behind. RIC IV 578. VF, heavy dark green patina, some smoothing.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.