237, Lot: 71. Estimate $100. Sold for $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Amasia. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (33mm, 20.26 g, 1h). Dated CY 229 (AD 229/30). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / High altar upon which eagle stands facing, head left; above, Sol in facing quadriga, holding whip; tree to left of altar; ЄT CK/Θ (date) across field. RG 104-5 var. (date); cf. SNG Copenhagen 119 (date not certain). VF, green and brown patina, a little rough.

From Collection CR.