Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 706. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. As Caesar, AD 222. AR Denarius (2.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Elagabalus. M AVR ALEXANDER CAES, bare-headed and draped bust right / PIETAS AVG, priestly emblems: lituus, secespita, capis, simpulum, aspergillum. RIC IV 3; Thirion 495; RSC 198; BMCRE 266 (Elagabalus). Good VF, toned, faint cleaning hairlines beneath tone, slightly granular surfaces, minor flan flaw on reverse. Rare.

From the White Mountain Collection.