EGYPT, Alexandria. Tranquillina. Augusta, AD 241-244. Potin Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.37 g, 11h). Dated RY 5 of Gordian III (AD 241/2). VF.

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Closing Date: Jul 3 2024 10:00 ET

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Potin

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Tranquillina. Augusta, AD 241-244. Potin Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.37 g, 11h). Dated RY 5 of Gordian III (AD 241/2). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Nilus reclining left on forepart of hippopotamus, holding cornucopia and reed; L Є (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4833; K&G 73.9; RPC VII.2 3831.3 (this coin); Emmett 3455.5 (R5). Brown patina, minor roughness, edge split. VF.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 50, 23 June 1999), lot 1180.


Closing Date and Time: 3 July 2024 at 13:04:00 ET.

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