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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8160117, member: 57495&quot;]My guess would be that your US seller bought it off Savoca&#039;s unsold list.&nbsp; Another possibility is that Savoca packaged a bunch of their unsold coins into a group lot and sold that in a subsequent auction to your seller.&nbsp; Some auction houses do seem to do that on occasion.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When the Sev Alex tet below first appeared in a <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4429702" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4429702" rel="nofollow">CNG auction</a> in 2017, nobody wanted it (for the opening bid of $60!).&nbsp; About half a year later, they listed it again, but this time as part of a group lot with seven other coins that I ended up buying.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1424284[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SEVERUS ALEXANDER</b></p><p>Potin Tetradrachm. 14.14g, 23.2mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 2 (AD 222/223). RPC Online Temp #10249 (34 spec); Emmett 3139.2; Dattari (Savio) 4373. O: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia; L B (date) to upper left.</p><p><i>Ex Hermanubis Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The size listing in WW is probably an error.&nbsp; The Varbanov book lists 2430 as an AE20 - no plate illustration, unfortunately.&nbsp; Here&#039;s <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3303242" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3303242" rel="nofollow">another example</a> listed in acsearch.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a Max Thrax from Deultum, but here&#039;s one from nearby Anchialus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1424287[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>MAXIMINUS I THRAX</b></p><p>AE29. 10.47g, 29.1mm. THRACE, Anchialus, AD 235-238. AMNG II -; Varbanov -; Corpus Nummorum Online -.&nbsp; O: AVT MAΞIMEINOC EVCEBHC AVΓ (ligate), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: OVΛΠIANΩ-N ΑΓΧΙΑ/Λ/E/ΩN (ligate), Athena standing right, holding spear in right hand and patera in left hand, from which she feeds serpent coiled around tree to right.</p><p>Notes: <i>Unpublished and possibly unique.&nbsp; </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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