Triton XXI, Lot: 799. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (21mm, 6.29 g, 12h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, AD 223. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P II COS P P, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and scepter. RIC IV 26d; BMCRE 100 var. (no break in obv. legend); Calicó 3092 var. (same); cf. Biaggi 1322. EF, underlying luster.