CNG 85, Lot: 973. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 24.00 g, 1h). Rome mint. Special issue, AD 229. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Alexander standing in and driving slow quadriga right, holding eagle-tipped scepter. RIC IV 495; BMCRE 575-6; Banti 93. VF, dark brown patina, areas of lighter brown and a trace of red, minor porosity on obverse.