370, Lot: 304. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 11.07 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 of Antoninus Pius (AD 154/5). Bareheaded and draped bust right / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius; crocodile below, L I/H (date) to left and in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 9024; K&G 37.79; Emmett 1856.18. VF, deeply toned, metal flaw on Aurelius’ neck.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.