Triton XXI, Lot: 199. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Potin Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.11 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 219/220). A KAICAP MA AVP ANTωNINOC Є[V]CЄB, laureate head right / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena Parthenos right; L Γ (date) before. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4104 (this coin); K&G 56.23; Emmett 2914.3 (R3); Staffieri,
Alexandria In Nummis 199 (this coin). Good VF, toned with traces of silvering. Rare type for this regnal year with nice surfaces. Well centered on a broad flan.
From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Jean-Pierre Righetti Collection (Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 12, with Nomos AG, 11 April 2003), lot 627; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 4104.