66, Lot: 107. Estimate $100. Sold for $98. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEVERUS ALEXANDER. 222-235 AD. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 18.33 gm). Struck 232 AD. Laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Victory standing right, foot of rocks, inscribing VOT X on shield set on palm. RIC IV 616 var. (foot on helmet); Cohen 567 var. (same). VF, dark olive patina, some smoothing.

From the Paul McIlroy Collection.

This issue commemorates the combined joys of Severus Alexander's decennalia and his temporary defeat of the nascent Sasanian Empire.