169, Lot: 281. Estimate $200. Sold for $440. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 193.79 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 222-231. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Mars standing left, holding branch and reversed spear. RIC IV 585. VF, brown surfaces, a little porous. Early style portrait with features of Elagabalus.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.