Triton XXI, Lot: 42. Estimate $750. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Nerva. AD 96-98. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.11 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 96/97). AVT • NEPOVAΣ KAIΣ • ΣEB •, laureate head right / Eagle standing right; L A (date) across field. Köln 429-30; Dattari (Savio) 639; K&G 26.1; RPC III 4113; Emmett 361.1; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 42 (this coin). Good VF, toned over the original, very attractive find patina. Nice metal. Excellent portrait.

From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, purchased from Spink & Son, London, September 1972.