CNG 108, Lot: 656. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ As (23mm, 10.70 g, 12h). Rome mint. 7th emission, AD 227. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy. RIC IV 458; BMCRE 418. Good VF, green patina, light cleaning marks. Portrait in high relief. Rare, one of only two in CoinArchives.

Ex John Casey Collection (Morton & Eden 84, 2 December 2016), lot 436.