297, Lot: 445. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Severus Alexander. AD 218-222. Æ As (25mm, 10.85 g, 12h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, AD 223. IMP CAES M AV[R] SEV ALEXAND]ER AVG, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS PERPETVA, Securitas seated left, holding scepter in right hand, supporting head with left; lighted altar at feet to left. RIC IV 613; BMCRE 150. Good VF, dark green patina. Fine style portrait.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXIII (15 March 1995), lot 915 (as Elagabalus).