CNG 109, Lot: 496. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Paula. Augusta, AD 219-220. Potin Tetradrachm (23.2mm, 10.86 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 of Elagabalus (AD 219/220). Draped bust right / Elagabalus standing right and empress (Julia Paula) standing left, each holding scepter, clasping right hands; L Γ (date) across field. Köln 2363; Dattari (Savio) 4158; K&G 57.5; Emmett 2976.3. VF, reddish-brown patina. Attractive.

From the New Orleans Collection. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions V, 9 December 1988), lot 196.