283, Lot: 259. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 24.18 g, 12h). Rome mint. 15th emission, AD 232. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Providentia standing left, holding cornucopia and two grain ears over modius to left. RIC IV 642; BMCRE 881; Banti 147. Good VF, dark gray-brown patina, light roughness on cheek and nose of portrait.