419, Lot: 331. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Zenobia. Usurper, AD 268-272. Potin Tetradrachm (21.1mm, 7.99 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Vaballathus (AD 272). Diademed and draped bust right / Elpis advancing left, holding flower and lifting hem of skirt; L Є (date) across field. Köln 3065; Dattari (Savio) 5511; K&G 108.1; Emmett 3911.5. VF, reddish-brown patina with touches of green, roughness and porosity. Rare.
From the D. C. Kopen Collection. Ex Pegasi XI (19 October 2014), lot 550.