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Unrecorded Alexandria Mint Argenteus

CNG 105, Lot: 964. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galerius. AD 305-311. AR Argenteus (19mm, 3.29 g, 12h). Alexandria mint, 3rd officina. MAXIMI ANVS AVG, laureate head right / CONCOR DIA AVGG, turreted and draped female (Tyche or Alexandria?) standing facing, head left, holding a bust of Serapis in her extended right hand and a scepter with her left; Γ//ALE. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, light golden toning, a few light marks on the obverse. Extremely rare.


From the A.W. Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 59 (4 April 2011), lot 1158 (realized CHF 5500).