Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 708. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AR Denarius (2.81 g, 6h). Antioch mint. 4th emission, AD 223. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NOBIL-I-T-AS, Nobilitas standing facing, head right, holding scepter in right hand and palladium in left. RIC IV 290; RSC 181; BMCRE 1055-6. Superb EF. Very rare type, none listed in Coin Archives.