445, Lot: 304. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.54 g, 11h). Dated RY 3 of Philip I (AD 245/246). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Laureate bust of Zeus right, slight drapery; L Γ (date) across field. Köln 2789; Dattari (Savio) 5047; K&G 76.30; Emmett 3612.3. VF, toned, porosity. Fully silvered and rare as such.

From the New Orleans Collection.