283, Lot: 260. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 18.76 g, 12h). Rome mint. 15th emission, AD 232. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC IV 648; BMCRE 902-4; Banti 162. VF, dark gray patina, traces of brown and red.