Superb Aureus

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 698. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (6.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. 5th emission, AD 225. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust right / P M TR P IIII COS P P, Alexander standing front, head left, holding globe in right hand and spear in left. RIC IV 46; Calicó 3102; BMCRE 252; Cohen 268. Superb EF, underlying lustre.