129, Lot: 380. Estimate $200. Sold for $145. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEVERUS ALEXANDER. 222-235 AD. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 27.03 g, 2h). Struck 228 AD. IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder / ROMAE AETERNAE, S C in exergue, Roma seated left on shield, holding Victory and sceptre. RIC IV 605; Banti 153; BMCRE 517; Cohen 523. Near VF, green patina.

Ex William C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin's 26 September 2005), lot 532 (part of), with his ticket (numbered 85); purchased from W. S. Lincoln, March 1901.