Rare Lucilla Tetradrachm

CNG 100, Lot: 1785. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-182. BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 12.74 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus (AD 166/7). ΛOYKIΛΛA CЄ-B ANT CЄ ΘV, draped bust right / Tyche reclining left on lectisternium, holding rudder; L Z (date) above. Köln 2196; Dattari (Savio) 3817; K&G 40.2; Emmett 2475.7 (R3). VF, dark gray-brown patina with earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.

From the Syracuse Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 954587 (July 2013); Roma (21 May 2013), lot 867.