CNG 109, Lot: 498. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Soaemias. Augusta, AD 218-222. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.35 g, 11h). Dated RY 4 of Elagabalus (AD 220/221). Draped bust right / Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopia; L ∆ (date) to upper left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4205; K&G 60.3; Emmett 2989.4 (R5). VF, dark brown patina with patches of red. Extremely rare.
From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (November 2009). Reportedly ex James W. Curtis Collection, no. 1032.