CNG 111, Lot: 600. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hostilian. As Caesar, AD 250-251. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 13.84 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 of Trajan Decius (AD 250/251). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Laureate bust right of Zeus, slight drapery; L B (date) across field. Köln 2830; Dattari (Savio) 5109; K&G 82.3; Emmett 3661.2. VF, toned, a couple light scratches. Fully silvered, and rare as such.

From the New Orleans Collection.