CNG 105, Lot: 643. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Pupienus. AD 238. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.22 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). A K M KΛω ΠOVΠMAXIHOC (sic) CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing left, head right, wreath in beak; L A (date) across field. Köln 2606 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4679 var. (same); K&G 71.1-2 var. (same); Emmett 3363.1. Good VF, dark brown surfaces. An interesting engraver’s error for the obverse legend, where the letters MAΞ (probably for Maximinus) are introduced into the middle of Pupienus’ name.

From the Hermanubis Collection.