Very Rare Orbiana ex Dattari Collection

Triton XIV, Lot: 775. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Orbiana. Augusta, AD 225-227. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 10.87 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 5 of Severus Alexander (AD 225/6). [ΓN] CЄI ЄPЄ CAΛΛ BAPB OPBIAH, draped bust right / Roma enthroned left, shield on ground at side, holding in extended right hand Nike, who stands right on globe and holds palm and wreath, and scepter in left; LЄ (date) to left. Köln -; Dattari 4446 (this coin); K&G 63.1 corr. (rev. described as Athena); BMC -; Milne -; Emmett 3197 corr. (rev. described as Athena) = Karanis 595. VF, dark brown surfaces, area of smoothing on edge of reverse. Very rare.

Ex Künker 136 (10 March 2008), lot 1130 (professionally conserved since); Giovanni Dattari Collection.