355, Lot: 415. Estimate $150. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.87 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 232/3). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Alexandria standing facing, head left, holding vexillum and grain ears; palm frond to left, L IB (date) to right. Köln 2474 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4264; K&G 62.172 var. (same); Emmett 3088.12 (R4). Good VF, dark gray-brown surfaces.
From the Hermanubis Collection.