135, Lot: 132. Estimate $75. Sold for $118. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEVERUS ALEXANDER. 222-235 AD. AR Denarius (21mm, 2.95 g). Rome mint. Struck 232 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Spes walking left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC IV 254; BMCRE 897; RSC 546. Good VF, full border.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.