CNG 109, Lot: 684. Estimate $7500. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (21mm, 6.64 g, 12h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, AD 223. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right / P M TR P II COS P P, Salus, draped, seated left on throne, feeding from patera in right hand a snake coiled around and rising from altar to left, resting left arm on side of throne. RIC IV 31; Calicó 3094 var. (no break in obv. legend); BMCRE 116; Biaggi –. EF, lustrous, some scratches, traces of deposits.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, 24 October 2006.