344, Lot: 294. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Amasia. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (34mm, 25.26 g, 1h). Dated CY 234 (231/2 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / High altar upon which eagle stands facing; above, Sol in facing quadriga, holding whip; tree to left of altar. RG 107 var. (rev. legend); SNG Tübingen 2043 var. (same); SNG Stockholm 1824 var. (same); Lindgren III 137 var. (same). VF, dark brown patina.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.