Lot description:
EGYPT, Alexandria. Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. Potin Tetradrachm (21mm, 7.47 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 292/3). ΦΛA KωCTANTIOC K, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Draped bust of Isis left, wearing crown of horns and solar disk; L A (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10765-6; K&G –; RPC X Online 76526; Emmett 4192.1 (R5). Dark red-brown patina, slight porosity and peripheral roughness. Near EF. Extremely rare, only the Dattari specimen in CoinArchives (hammer £1700).
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 27 September 1997. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts [XXVI] (18 October 1990), lot 2538.
Estimate: 1000 USD | |