CNG 105, Lot: 609. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.87 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. Good VF, dark brown surfaces. Exceptional detail on the pharos.

From the Hermanubis Collection.