Triton XVIII, Lot: 1178. Estimate $10000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.67 g, 12h). Rome mint. 11th emission, AD 230. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right / P M TR P V COS II P P, Mars advancing right, holding spear forward in right hand and trophy in left over shoulder. RIC IV 52 (bust type c); Calicó 3105; BMCRE 352 var. (bust type); Biaggi 1325 var. (same). Superb EF, lustrous, minor flan split below bust.

Ex Tkalec (8 September 2008), lot 284.