196, Lot: 323. Estimate $300. Sold for $328. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. As Caesar, AD 222. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.63 g, 11h). Rome mint. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC IV 2; RSC 65. Good VF, light porosity. Rare.

Ex Spink Numismatic Circular vol. CXIV/3 (June 2006), no. RM3072; Spink (15 July 2004), lot 76.