Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2

   Lot: 415

  ROMAN EMPIRE. Severus Alexander (AD 222-235). Gold 
   aureus (6.35 gm). Rome, AD 224-225. IMP C M AVR 
   SEV-ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped bust right / FIDES 
   MILITVM, Fides standing left, holding two standards. 
   Münzen und Medaillen 66, 22-23 October 1984, lot 757 = 
   Münzen und Medaillen 61, 7-8 October 1982, lot 464 (same 
   dies). Cf. Spink 135, 6 October 1999, lot 205 (aureus 
   with unbroken legend). Cf. also BMCRE 222 and 219, RSC 
   52a, and RIC 139 (denarii). Very rare: not in the 
   standard catalogues as an aureus. Extremely fine 

Sold for $4,500 USD [ approx 3420 EUR, 2385 GBP ]

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
 and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).