445, Lot: 470. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (21mm, 5.97 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission, AD 222. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS P P, Jupiter, naked except for cloak hanging behind him over both arms, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and spear in left. RIC IV 4; Calicó 3080; BMCRE 12; Biaggi 1318; Jameson –; Mazzini –. Good VF, toned, some edge smoothing. Rare.

Ex Private Swiss Collection (Hess-Divo 329, 17 November 2015), lot 165.