445, Lot: 290. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Mamaea. Augusta, AD 222-235. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.59 g, 12h). Dated RY 14 of Severus Alexander (AD 234/235). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Trophy; at base to left and right, bound captive seated inward; L I∆ (date) across field. Köln 2544; Dattari (Savio) 4536: K&G 64.129; Emmett 3229.14 (R3). VF, toned, peripheral roughness. Very rare, especially fully silvered.
From the New Orleans Collection.