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Description63, Lot: 93. SEVERUS ALEXANDER. 222-235 AD. Æ Dupondius (23mm, 10.76 gm). Estimate $300. Sold for $198. 
SEVERUS ALEXANDER. 222-235 AD. Æ Dupondius (23mm, 10.76 gm). Radiate head right / Emperor standing left, in military dress, extending right hand and holding sceptre. RIC IV 601; Cohen 516. VF, dark green-brown patina. Rare.This issue commemorates the restoration of the coinage under Severus Alexander, including his foresaking the antoninianus and his reintroduction of the dupondius.

From CNG Online Auction 63, April, 2003.