Rare Last Denarius Issue of Severus Alexander

256, Lot: 350. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AR Denarius (21mm, 2.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. 18th emission, January-18/19 March AD 235. IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / P M TR P XIIII COS III P P, Sol advancing left, raising hand and holding whip. RIC IV 125 var. (no cuirass); RSC 453a; BMCRE 962. Good VF. Rare last issue for Severus Alexander.

This coin was struck in the last months of Alexander's reign, and is the sole dated type among those of his last issue.