The Pharos of Alexandria

377, Lot: 285. Estimate $300. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 11.42 g, 12h). Dated RY 29 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 188/9). Laureate head right / Pharos of Alexandria and corbita under sail right; [L] KΘ (date) in exergue. Köln 2242-3; Dattari (Savio) 3903; K&G 41.113; Emmett 2542.29. VF, dark gray-brown surfaces, some minor porosity.

From the Hermanubis Collection.