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CNG 109, Lot: 503. Estimate $300.
Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Mamaea. Augusta, AD 222-235. Potin Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 13.14 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 of Severus Alexander (AD 224/225). Draped bust right / Tyche reclining left on lectisternium (couch), holding rudder, resting elbow on pile of pillows and propping head on hand; L ∆ (date) above. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10084; K&G –; Emmett 3231.4 (R5 = Curtis 1139). VF, brown patina with patches of red, natural flan pit on obverse. Extremely rare.


From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (September 2009).