Harpokrates of Pelusium

354, Lot: 466. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Potin Tetradrachm (21mm, 10.35 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 268/9). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Harpokrates of Pelusium standing facing, head right, holding pomegranate and hand of nude pygmy(?) at his right; L A (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 5389; K&G 104.4; Emmett 3886.1 (R3). VF, dark brown patina with light green deposits. Rare.