Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 619. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Pupienus. 238 AD. BI Tetradrachm (12.80 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (238 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Laureate bust of Zeus right, slight drapery on left shoulder; date to right. Cf. Köln 2631 (Gordian III); Dattari 4678 (same reverse die); Milne -; Emmett 3369. VF, light roughness. Rare. ($500)