199, Lot: 383. Estimate $100. Sold for $285. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 12.64 g, 11h). Dated RY 1 (AD 249/50). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Alexandria standing facing, head left, raising hand, holding scepter; L A (date) across field. Milne 3809; Emmett 3630. VF, good quantity of silver for issue, toned.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.