The Pharos of Alexandria

367, Lot: 418. Estimate $300. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.30 g, 12h). Dated RY 29 (AD 188/9). Laureate head right / Pharos of Alexandria and corbita under sail right. Köln 2242-3; Dattari (Savio) 3903; K&G 41.113; Emmett 2542.29; RPC IV online 14216. VF. Struck on an attractive, full flan.