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Special Issue for AD 224

CNG 84, Lot: 1113. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 27.51 g, 12h). Rome mint. Special issue, AD 224. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia. RIC IV 567 var. (not draped and cuirassed); BMCRE 214 var. (same); Banti 37 var. (not cuirassed). Good VF, dark green-brown patina. Extremely rare. Banti records only one example which is laureate and draped, and none laureate, draped, and cuirassed.