393, Lot: 216. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.53 g, 12h). Dated RY 29 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 188/189). 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 brown patina. Well struck on a broad flan.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 817022 (September 2009).