Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 753. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $540. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Amasia. Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. Æ 34mm (25.83 gm, 12h). Dated CY 234 (232 AD). AVT K CEVHPOC ALEXAND[POC], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ADR CEV AL [EX] AMACIAC MHPRP, altar of Zeus Stratios surmounted by eagle standing facing, wings spread, head left; facing quadriga above, driven by Sol; tree to left of altar, ET CLD (date) across field. RG pg. 41, 104 var. (date); BMC Pontus etc. pg. 12, 39 var. (date); SNG Copenhagen 118; Mionnet Supp. IV pg. 432, 82. EF, dark green patina, slight adjustment marks. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.