Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 889. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Pupienus. AD 238. BI Tetradrachm (12.88 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus enthroned left, holding phiale and scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right; date in upper left field. Köln 2608; Dattari (Savio) 12392 (this coin); K&G 71.9. VF, gray surfaces, minor roughness. Rare.

Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 399 (April 1978), no. 213; Giovanni Dattari Collection.