Watch List notes:

EGYPT, Alexandria. Macrianus. Usurper, AD 260-261. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 10.85 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 260/261). A K T Φ IOVN MAKPIANOC Є CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing left, wings open, wreath in its beak; L A (date) to lower left. Köln 3011; Dattari (Savio) 5380; K&G 94.1; Emmett 3785.1; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 227 (this coin). Near EF, toned with silvering showing through. Exceptional for the issue.


From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 118 (14 October 2002), lot 1853.