137, Lot: 157. Estimate $200. Sold for $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Balbinus. AD 238. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 10.97 g). Dated RY 1. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Athena seated left on shield, holding palladium and spear; L A (date) before. Köln 2610; Milne 3307; Emmett 3372. VF, brown surfaces, a little rough. Rare.

From the Father Wilbur B. Dexter Collection.