CNG 109, Lot: 509. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximus. Caesar, AD 235/6-238. Potin Tetradrachm (22.3mm, 11.13 g, 11h). Dated RY 3 of Maximinus I (AD 236/237). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Bust of Zeus-Ammon right, slight drapery, wearing crown of disc and uraei, scepter over shoulder; L Γ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4651 & 10148; K&G 67.10; Emmett 3339.3 (R3). Good VF, brown patina. Attractive with nice surfaces.
From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (November 1997).