425, Lot: 490. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (28.1mm, 16.93 g, 12h). Rome mint. 11th emission, AD 230. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Victory standing right, foot on helmet, inscribing VOT/X in two lines on shield set on trunk of palm tree. RIC IV 616; BMCRE 643-5; Banti 165 corr. (obv. legend). VF, dark brown patina with traces of green, tan highlights.

From the WRG Collection, purchased from William B. Porter, July 1985.