CNG 105, Lot: 608. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.70 g, 12h). Dated RY 23 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 182/183). Laureate head right / Commodus on a galloping horse right, thrusting a spear(?) toward a lion, which is advancing left below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 9558 var. (obv. bust type); K&G –; Emmett 2535.23 (R5). Good VF, dark brown surfaces. Very rare. This type is only known for regnal year 23.

From the Hermanubis Collection.