CNG 99, Lot: 683. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.88 g, 12h). Rome mint. 15th emission, AD 232. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC IV 648; BMCRE 902-4; Banti 162. Good VF, dark brown, red, and gray patina, a few minor marks.

From the LJH Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 729941 (August 2002).