126, Lot: 336. Estimate $100. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEVERUS ALEXANDER. 222-235 AD. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.91 g, 1h). Struck 228 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Roma seated left on shield, holding Victory and sceptre. RIC IV 605 var. (laureate and draped); BMCRE 478; Cohen 520. VF, green patina, a few field scratches. 

From the collection of Professor T. R. Gurr.