Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 892. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (13.97 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 250/1). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt; date across field. Köln 2819 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 5078; K&G 79.30. Good VF, gray-silver surfaces. High silver content.