Corbita Before Pharos at Alexandria

CNG 103, Lot: 605. Estimate $500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.57 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.

From the Hermanubis Collection.