Triton XIX, Lot: 2197. Estimate $7500. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.47 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; Biaggi 1330; BMCRE 620. Superb EF, lightly toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Freeman & Sear, September 1997.