Alexander and Bucephalas

173, Lot: 36. Estimate $150. Sold for $805. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Koinon of Macedon. Time of Severus Alexander. Circa AD 222-235. Æ 25mm (14.98 g). Diademed head of Alexander the Great right; thunderbolt below / Alexander standing right, nude but for cloak flowing out behind him, placing harness on Bucephalas rearing left. SNG Copenhagen 1357. VF, dark brown-green patina.

From the Christopher Morcom Collection.