Severus Alexander AV aureus. Rome, 30mm, 18.62 g. AD 223. 6.38 g.

IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back.
P M TR P II COS PP, Salus seated left by altar, holding 
patera, feeding serpent rising from the altar, resting left 
elbow on the arm of the chair.

RIC IV 31; Calicó 3094; Cohen 240. (Not in Sear)

With permission of Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 84, Lot 1986, May 2015.
Estimate: 5,000 Swiss Francs.