387, Lot: 357. Estimate $150. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.15 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 164/5). Bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / Nilus seated left on rocks, holding reed and cornucopia; crocodile below; before him, Euthenia standing right, crowning cornucopia with wreath; to left, [Є/L] (date). Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 3667; K&G –; Milne 2511 = Emmett 2355.5 (R4). VF, some light porosity. Great silver content. Very rare type.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind BBS 163 (28 February 2012), lot 148.