New Year for Type

CNG 91, Lot: 800. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.60 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 of Philip I (AD 244). Draped bust of Otacilia right, wearing stephane / Draped bust of Selene right, wearing tainia; L A (date) behind, large crescent before. Köln -; Dattari (Savio) -; K&G -; Milne -; Emmet -; SNG Hunterian -. Good VF. Rare type for Otacilia, and unpublished for this year in the standard references.