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131, Lot: 141. Estimate $150.
Sold for $116. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Hadriani(?). Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. Æ 30mm (20.32 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Athena seated left, leaning on chair back and feeding serpent entwined about tree. cf. SNG France 563 (Cyzicus); cf. SNG von Aulock 1336 (Parium). VF, green patina. Lightly smoothed.

The exergual line may read ADRIANEWN, but a more certain attribution is difficult, owing to the smoothing.