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Electronic Auction 495  7 Jul 2021
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Lot 382

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 160 USD
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Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 22.86 g, 12h). Rome mint. 15th emission, AD 232. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mars Ultor running right, holding spear and shield. RIC IV 635; BMCRE 846-7; Banti 49. Brown patina, traces of green and earthen deposits. VF.

From the Lampasas Collection. Ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind Estate (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 387, 30 November 2016), lot 491.

The reverse of this Sestertius features Mars in his most forceful appearance, as Mars Ultor, Mars the Avenger.
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