Triton XXI, Lot: 204. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Potin Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.11 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 (AD 227/228). A KAI MAP AV CЄV AΛЄΞAN∆POC [ЄV], laureate and cuirassed bust right / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena Parthenos right, wearing aegis; L Z (date) to right. Köln –; Dattari 4272 (this coin); K&G 62.86; Emmett 3093.7 (R3); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 204 (this coin). Good VF, toned with some traces of silvering. Excellent metal quality for issue.

From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Kunst und Münzen AG XXII (2 April 1981), lot 374; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 4272.