CNG 85, Lot: 980. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 25.89 g, 12h). Rome mint. 15th emission, AD 232. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Sol standing left, raising hand and holding whip. RIC IV 525; cf. BMCRE 873 (As); Banti 113. VF, dark gray patina, some red. Struck on a pleasing, round flan.