Rare Aquilia Severa Tetradrachm
Ex Dickie and Dattari Collections
CNG 100, Lot: 1786. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa. Augusta, AD 220-221 & 221-222. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 11.52 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (AD 221/2). Draped bust right / Nike in galloping biga right; L Є (date) above. Köln 2381; Dattari (Savio) 4181 (this coin); K&G 58.14; Emmett 3019.5 (R4). VF, dark gray-brown patina. Rare.
From the Syracuse Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group VI (1 March 1989), lot 303; Gordon J. Dickie Collection (Empire Coins 7, 2 May 1987), lot 197; Giovanni Dattari Collection, 4181.