Watch List notes:

EGYPT, Alexandria. Balbinus. AD 238. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.52 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). A K ΔΕΚ KAN (sic) BAΛBINOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena Nikephorus enthroned left, holding spear; shield at side of throne, L A (date) to left. Köln 2610 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4681 var. (same); K&G 70.6 var. (same); Emmet 3372.1. VF, dark brown surfaces. An interesting engraver's error for the obverse legend, where KAIΛ has been mis-engraved as KAN.


From the Hermanubis Collection.