Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.11 g, 12h). Rome mint. 15th emission, AD 232. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Providentia standing left, holding grain ears and cornucopia; modius with grain ears on ground to left. RIC IV 250; BMCRE 875-8; RSC 501b. Lightly toned with considerable luster, a few minor marks. Superb EF. Struck from fresh dies. An exceptional example, virtually as struck.
Ex Nomos 19 (17 November 2019), lot 306 (hammer 1000 CHF).