438, Lot: 408. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Zenobia. Usurper, AD 268-272. Potin Tetradrachm (20.5mm, 8.76 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Vaballathus (AD 272). Diademed and draped bust right / Elpis advancing left, holding flower and lifting hem of skirt; L Є (date) across field. Köln 3065; Dattari (Savio) 5511; K&G 108.1; Emmett 3911.5. Near VF, reddish-brown surfaces with bare metal on the high points. Rare.