346, Lot: 374. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.33 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 236/237). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus reclining left on hippopotamus(?), holding reed and cornucopia; L Γ (date) in left field. Köln 2573; Dattari (Savio) 4589; K&G 65.44; Emmett 3293.3. Good VF, find patina with touches of verdigris.

From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930’s.