Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1677. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $5100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEVERUS ALEXANDER. 222-235 AD. AV Aureus (6.28 gm, 6h). Struck 229 AD. Laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Alexander advancing right, holding trophy and spear. RIC IV 96 var. (no drapery); BMCRE 607; Calicó 3118. EF. Very rare. ($4000)

Ex Virgil Brand Collection (Sotheby's, 1 July 1982), lot 45.