325, Lot: 470. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (24mm, 9.01 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, holding eagle-tipped scepter and shield; aegis on cuirass / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding grain ears; altar to left; at feet, half-length figure of river-god swimming left. BMC –; SNG Hunterian 2551. VF, green and brown patina. Rare bust type.