Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1107. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AV Aureus (6.68 g, 7h). Rome mint. 11th emission, AD 230. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Alexander, as Romulus, advancing right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder. RIC IV 103; Calicó 3121 (same dies). FDC, lustrous. Bold strike on both sides from fresh dies.