64, Lot: 274. Estimate $150. Sold for $101. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ORBIANA, wife of Severus Alexander. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 20.61 gm). Struck 225 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Severus Alexander standing right, holding role and clasping hands with Orbiana, veiled, standing left. RIC IV 657 (Severus Alexander); Cohen 6. Fine, reddish brown patina, myriad of light scratches in right field, lightly smoothed.

From the Charles E. Weber Collection.

This issue commemorates the marriage between Severus Alexander and Orbiana.