Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 710. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Drachm (33mm, 16.85 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 10 (AD 230/1). [AVT] KAI MAP AVP CЄV AΛЄΞANΔPOC ЄV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma seated left, holding in outstretched right hand Victory standing right and holding wreath in both hands, and spear or long scepter in left hand; LI (date) to left, palm frond to right. Köln -; Dattari 4426; Milne -; BMC 1704 var. (ЄVC in obv. legend) = Emmett 3155.10. Good VF, black-green patina with dusty gray overtones. Exceptionally fine style. Very rare.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.