Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 735. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $252. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Severus Alexander. As Caesar, AD 222. BI Tetradrachm (12.73 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (AD 222). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Serapis standing facing, head right, holding scepter; date across field. Köln 2398; Dattari 4184 = Emmett 3023.5. VF. Attractive, well-centered strike. Rare.