Triton XVIII, Lot: 1179. Estimate $7500. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.91 g, 7h). Rome mint. 11th emission, AD 230. IMP SEV ALE XAND AVG, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / P M TR P VIIII COS III P P, Alexander, as Romulus, advancing right, holding spear forward in right hand and trophy in left over shoulder. RIC IV 103; Calicó 3121 (same dies); BMCRE 620; Biaggi 1330 (same dies); Triton XI, lot 962 (same dies). FDC.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex G. Hirsch 200 (21 September 1998), lot 40.