Triton XIV, Lot: 774. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 223. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate bust right / P M TR P II COS P P, Mars standing left, holding olive branch in right hand and reversed spear in left. RIC IV 21 var. (bust type) corr. (spear vertical, not transverse); Calicó 3089 (same dies); BMCRE 91 var. (same). Near EF.

From the Collection of a California Gentleman.