Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Presale Auction 391 – RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM Auction 391 (single-session sale)
Thursday 2 July 2026 hours 15:00 (UTC +01:00)
Severus Alexander (222-235), Denarius, Rome, 232; AR (3,35 g; 18,1 mm; 6 h)
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander to right. Rv. SPES PVBLICA Spes advancing left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left. RIC 254; Cohen 546. A highly attractive example, wonderfully toned and lustrous. Virtually as struck.
Ex Leu Numismatik Auction 1 (25 oct 2017), lot 283