445, Lot: 318. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Potin Tetradrachm (20.5mm, 9.57 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 269/270). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Draped bust of Alexandria right, wearing turreted cap; L B (date) across field. Köln 3030; Dattari (Savio) 5383; K&G 104.19; Emmett 3869.2 (R2). Good VF, dark brown patina, a touch of porosity. Rare.

From the New Orleans Collection.