CNG 105, Lot: 617. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa. Augusta, AD 220-221 & 221-222. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.16 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (AD 221/222). Draped bust right / Conjoined busts of Helios, draped and wearing radiate crown, and Selene, draped and wearing crescent-moon crown, right; L Є (date) to right. Köln 2378-9; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 58.15; Emmett 3014.5 (R4) = BMC 1541. Good VF, dark brown surfaces. Very rare.

From the Hermanubis Collection.