Exceptional Titus Tetradrachm

Triton XVII, Lot: 671. Estimate $2000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Titus. AD 79-81. BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.51 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 79/80). • AVTOK TITOV KAIΣ OVEΣΠΑΣIANOV ΣEB, laureate head of Titus right / ΣAPA ΠIΣ, draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus and taenia; L B (date) before. Köln 319; Dattari (Savio) 426; K&G 22.3; Milne 456-7; Emmet 235; BMC 2741; SNG France 846; RPC II 2464. Superb EF, attractively toned. Among the finest known coins of Alexandria.