Triton XXI, Lot: 25. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Otho. AD 69. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.27 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 69). ΑΥΤΟΚ ΜΑΡΚ ΟΘΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ, laureate head right; L A (date) to right / ΡΩΜΗ, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma right, holding shield and spear. Köln 250-1; Dattari (Savio) 330; K&G 18.9; RPC I 5362; Emmett 186.1; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 25 (this coin). VF, toned, some minor porosity. Rare. Struck on a broad flan with a full legend.

From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Empire Coins 8 (7 December 1987), lot 356.