Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 329. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $8400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (6.24 g, 7h). Rome mint. 11th emission, AD 230. IMP SEV ALE XAND AVG, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / P M TR P VIIII COS III P P, Alexander, as Romulus, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder with left hand. RIC IV 103; Calicó 3121 (same dies); BMCRE 620; Triton XI, lot 962 (same dies). Superb EF, toned with areas of underlying luster. Virtually as struck.