445, Lot: 322. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Diocletian. AD 284-305. Potin Tetradrachm (19mm, 7.17 g, 11h). Dated RY 11 (AD 294/295). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Draped bust of Sarapis right, wearing ornate calathus; L IA (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 5740; K&G 119.118; Emmett 4074.11 (R3). VF, dark brown surfaces, die break on Diocletian’s chin. Very rare.
From the New Orleans Collection.