427, Lot: 398. Estimate $100. Sold for $217. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Potin Tetradrachm (22.3mm, 13.40 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 of Elagabalus (AD 219/220). IOYΛ MAIC[A CE]B MHT(ηρ) CTPA(τοπέδον), draped bust right / Crowned and draped bust of Isis left; L Γ (date) across field. Köln 2356; Dattari (Savio) 4223; K&G 61.14; Emmet 3056.3. VF, dark brown patina with touches of red and green encrustations.

The obverse legends on nearly all of Maesa’s Alexandrian coinage style her as “mother of the camps” (MHT[ηρ] CTPA[τοπέδον]).