407, Lot: 332. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (23mm, 6.85 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, raising hand and holding shield / Emperor on horseback left, raising hand and holding scepter; caducues to left. Cf. Kadman 193; Sofaer 229. VF, earthen green surfaces. Rare.

From the François Righetti Collection.