CNG 88, Lot: 942. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Aegeae. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (36mm, 29.83 g, 7h). Dated CY 275 (AD 228/9). AVT K M AVP CЄOVHPOC AΛЄΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Alexander right / AΔPIAN ωN AIΓAIωN, bust of Athena right, wearing crested helmet and aegis; Є OC (date) across field. SNG France -; SNG Levante 1761 var. (legends); SNG Pfälzer -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 36 var. (same); Lindgren & Kovacs -; Lindgren II -; MPR II -; Waddel II, lot 379 var. (obv. legend). EF, green and brown patina. Very rare and struck on an impressive, medallic flan.

From Group CEM. Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatic Ars Classica, 16 November 1994), lot 877.