196, Lot: 180. Estimate $100. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ 23mm (9.75 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Tyche seated left on rocks, sacrificing over lighted altar; Λ to left, river-god swimming left below. BMC 49-52 var. (bust type); SNG Copenhagen 186 var. (same). VF, dark brown patina under some light earthen deposits.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.