199, Lot: 385. Estimate $100. Sold for $147. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Aurelian, with Vaballathus. AD 270-275. BI Tetradrachm (20mm, 7.81 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 of Aurelian, RY 5 of Vaballathus (AD 270/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right of Aurelian; L[B] (date) before / Laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right of Vaballathus; L-E (date)across field. Milne 4330; Emmett 3914. VF, brown patina.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.