Very Rare Lucilla Tetradrachm

CNG 90, Lot: 1271. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-182. BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 13.56 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus (AD 166/7). Draped bust right / Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) reclining left on draped couch (hiera klinê, or lectisternium), holding rudder and resting head on arm set on pillow; LZ (date) above. Köln 2196; Dattari (Savio) 3817; K&G 40.2; Triton XIV, 736. VF, toned. Attractive strike, better quality than the Triton specimen. Very rare.