318, Lot: 730. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 19.34 g, 12h). Rome mint. 11th emission, AD 230. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Victory standing right, with left foot on helmet, inscribing VOT/X on shield set on trunk of palm tree. RIC IV 616; BMCRE 643-5; Banti 165 corr. (obv. legend). Good VF, dark brown patina with hints of green, flan crack.
From the Leo & Paula Gorelkin Collection.