Very Rare Crispina Diobol

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 884. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Crispina. Augusta, AD 178-182. Æ Diobol (5.91 g, 12h). Dated RY 22 of Commodus (AD 181/2). Draped bust right / Ares (or Arete) standing left, raising hand and holding spear; date in field. Cf. Köln 2263 (for obv.); Dattari 3976; Emmett 2637. Good Fine, brown patina. Very rare.