CNG 109, Lot: 516. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Pupienus. AD 238. Potin Tetradrachm (21.1mm, 11.13 g, 11h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nike seated left on cuirass, holding wreath and palm frond; L A (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4673; K&G 71.7; Emmett 3366.1 (R3). VF, brown surfaces, a few spots of verdigris, some reverse porosity. Rare.

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (May 1997).