CNG 112, Lot: 641. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.34 g, 5h). Rome mint. 6th emission, AD 226. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right / P M TR P V COS II P P, Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak floating out left and right, advancing right, holding spear pointing transversely up in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left hand.. RIC IV 52 (bust type c); Calicó 3105; BMCRE 352 var. (bust type); Biaggi 1325 var. (same; same rev. die); Jameson –; Mazzini 280v. (same dies). Lustrous, minor flan flaw on reverse. Near EF.