Watch List notes:

EGYPT. Alexandria. Severus Alexander, 222-235. Tetradrachm (Potin, 22 mm, 13.83 g, 1 h), RY 11 = 231/2. Α ΚΑ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ CЄΥ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC ЄY Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander to right, seen from behind. Rev. L IΑ Alexandria standing front, head to left, wearing elephant skin headdress, holding grain ears in her right hand and vexillum in her left; to left, palm frond. Dattari (Savio) 4263. Emmett 3088.11. K&G 62.153. RPC VI online 10517.11. Very rare for this regnal year. A lovely coin with a beautiful portrait. Good very fine.


From the Rhakotis Collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s, Leu Web Auction 16, 22-24 May 2021, 2430.