Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 875. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, with Faustina Senior. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (13.62 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 141/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius right / Faustina standing left, dropping incense on lighted altar and holding scepter; date to left. Köln 1370 var. (date placement); Dattari (Savio) 8038a (this coin); K&G 35.111. VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces, a few minor marks.

Ex Bayerische Vereinsbank Münzschätze FPL 11 (April 1976), no. 144; Giovanni Dattari Collection.