342, Lot: 477. Estimate $100. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Potin Tetradrachm (21mm, 9.14 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (265/266). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak, palm over shoulder; L IΓ (date) across field. Köln 2928; Dattari (Savio) 5288; K&G 90.86; Emmett 3806.13. Good VF, dark gray-brown patina with some red and green deposits.
Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 88.203 (accessioned 1888); Benjamin Pierce Cheney Collection.