CNG 109, Lot: 494. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Potin Tetradrachm (23.7mm, 12.15 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 221/222). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elagabalus standing left in quadriga, raising his right hand in salute, holding scepter with his left; L Є (date) to upper left. Köln 2344; Dattari (Savio) 4096; K&G 56.67; Emmett 2926.5 (R4). VF, dark brown patina with traces of red. Very rare.

From the New Orleans Collection. Ex R.S. Speck Collection (Huston MBS 143, February 1996), lot 10; Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection.