108, Lot: 240. Estimate $300. Sold for $706. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ORBIANA, wife of Severus Alexander. Augusta, 225-227 AD. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 20.26 gm). Struck 225 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Severus Alexander standing right, holding role and clasping hands with Orbiana, veiled, standing left. RIC IV 657 (Severus); BMCRE 293 (Severus); Cohen 6. Near VF, brown patina. Rare.

From the Rudolf Berk Collection.