412, Lot: 628. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.01 g, 12h). Rome mint. 15th emission, AD 232. Laureate and draped bust right / IOVI PRO-PVGNATORI, Jupiter in fighting stance left, head right, hurling thunderbolt and holding eagle. RIC IV 239; BMCRE 825 var. (break in rev. legend); RSC 84. Superb EF, lightly toned.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 397 (17 May 2017), lot 636.
The reverse shows Jupiter Propugnator, the defender of the emperor, brandishing a thunderbolt.