CNG 111, Lot: 603. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Potin Tetradrachm (21mm, 8.72 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 272). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Homonoia standing facing, head left, raising her right hand upward, holding a double cornucopia with her left; L Є (date) across field. Köln 3064; Dattari (Savio) 5510; K&G 109.2; Emmett 3910.5 (R2). VF, dark brown surfaces with traces of green and red, some porosity. Rare.

From the New Orleans Collection.