283, Lot: 228. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 20.48 g, 1h). Rome mint. 9th emission, AD 228. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Virtus standing left, foot on prow, holding spear and parazonium. RIC IV 477; BMCRE 515; Banti 77. VF, dark gray and brown patina, tiny edge splits at 4 and 11 o’clock.