377, Lot: 281. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 10.04 g, 12h). Dated RY 27 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 186/7). Laureate head right / ΠЄPI/OΔ • ΔЄ/KAЄT in three lines within laurel wreath; L KZ (date) in exergue. Köln 2226 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 3901; K&G 41.87; Emmett 2562.27. VF, dark gray-brown surfaces.

From the Hermanubis Collection.

An interesting reverse type commemorating Commodus’ decennalia, but stating it as a “period of ten years.”