Aureus

Severus Alexander · Exact Comparable

Source location: Book VII, Chapter 19, Pricing Schedule

Certified / slabbed evidence

Historical CNG EF/FDC examples $8,500-$9,000 hammer

Current fixed-price retail

Thin current market

Raw auction

This thin market requires exact comparables; a three-value source orientation is withheld from public pricing.

Market / specialist note

Source provides three broad orientations but labels rare types exact-comparable; not promoted as a standard bucket ladder.

What affects this price?

Even within one ruler, denomination and type, grade, strike, centering, surfaces, style, patina, rarity, provenance, and tooling or smoothing can materially change value. These are not automatic numeric adjustments.