442, Lot: 856. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lot of two (2) coins.
856a EGYPT, Alexandria. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 10.08 g, 11h). Dated RY 14 (AD 266/7). AVT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CεB, laureate and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; L IΔ (date) to left, palm frond to right. Köln 2932-3; Dattari (Savio) 5283; K&G 90.90; Emmett 3804.14. Good VF, dark brown patina with touches of green.
Bought from Spink, 1990. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular XCVIII.2 (March 1990), no. 921. 856b EGYPT, Alexandria. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Potin Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 11.41 g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 267/268). AVT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CεB, laureate and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left, L Iε (date) to lower right. Köln 2942-3; Dattari 5276-7; K&G 90.98; Emmett 3807.15. EF, dark brown patina with traces of red.
Bought from Seaby, 1990. Ex Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 854 (October 1990), no. C523. . .