CNG 111, Lot: 594. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Potin Tetradrachm (21.5mm, 12.86 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 236/237). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Conjoined busts of Helios, draped and wearing radiate crown, and Selene, draped and crescent-moon before, right; L Γ (date) to right. Köln 2571; Dattari (Savio) 4575; K&G 65.37; Emmett 3281.3 (R3). Good VF, dark brown patina, small obverse die break. Very rare, only one example in CoinArchives.
From the New Orleans Collection.