445, Lot: 293. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.04 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 236/237). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Helmeted bust of Athena Parthenos right, wearing aegis; L Γ (date) before. Köln 2568; Dattari (Savio) 4566; K&G 65.32; Emmet 3273.3 (R3). Good VF, dark reddish-brown surfaces with touches of green, light roughness, minor edge irregularity. Very rare.

From the New Orleans Collection.