CNG 105, Lot: 605. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.83 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 161/162). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right of Marcus Aurelius vis-à-vis bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust left of Lucius Verus / Draped bust of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing crown of disc and uraei; L B (date) across fields. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; Emmett 2045.2 (R5) = ANS Collection (1973.56.876). VF, dark brown surfaces. Very rare.

From the Hermanubis Collection.