414, Lot: 468. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Potin Tetradrachm (21mm, 11.29 g, 11h). Dated RY 3 (AD 236/237). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus reclining left on hippopotamus(?), holding reed and cornucopia; L Γ (date) to left. Köln 2573; Dattari (Savio) 4589; K&G 65.44; Emmett 3293.3. VF, dark brown surfaces, some peripheral weakness of strike.
From the Hermanubis Collection.