CNG 85, Lot: 968. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 22.33 g, 12h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, AD 223. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, legs crossed, leaning on column, holding cornucopia and wand over globe at feet to left. RIC IV 404; BMCRE 111-2; Banti 125. VF, brown patina, slight die shift on obverse, areas of minor roughness on reverse.