357, Lot: 408. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 18.19 g, 11h). Rome mint. 5th emission, AD 225. [IMP] CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate and draped bust right / VIRTVS AVGVSTI, Virtus standing right, holding spear in right hand and resting left on shield set on ground; S C flanking. RIC IV 623; BMCRE 284-6; Banti 169. Good VF, dark brown patina, minor die shift on reverse.

From the Wayne C. Phillips Estate. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 84 (5 May 2010), lot 1117.