453, Lot: 576. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 6.52 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd emission, late AD 222. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MARTI P A CIFERO, Mars standing left, holding olive branch and reversed spear. RIC IV 159d; Calicó 3075a; BMCRE 67; Biaggi 1315. Underlying luster, graffito in field on obverse, a couple tiny deposits on reverse. EF.

From the Alpine Collection. Lot includes an old handwritten collection ticket, in French.