Two Exceptional Alexandrian Tetradrachms

CNG 106, Lot: 629. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 11.92 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 235/6). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Bust of Nilus right, slight drapery; L B (date) to left, cornucopia to right. Köln 2558; Dattari (Savio) 4586; K&G 65.18; Emmett 3292.2. EF, dark gray-brown surfaces. An exceptional bust of Nilus.

Ex Hermanubis Collection.