Monetary Reform

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 961. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Dupondius (11.66 g, 12h). Rome mint. Special issue, AD 228. IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG, radiate bust right, wearing aegis / RESTITV-TOR MON, S C across field, Alexander standing left, extending right hand, holding spear in left. RIC IV 601; BMCRE 546-7; Cohen 517. EF, dark brown and dark green patina, minor roughness, edge split. Struck on a broad flan.

The monetary reform to which this type alludes has been the subject of much debate (cf., e.g., RIC IV, part II, pp. v-vi and 66-67).