CNG 109, Lot: 438. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar. AD 69-79. BI Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 13.46 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 69). Laureate head right of Vespasian; L A (date) below chin / Laureate and cuirassed bust right of Titus. Köln 269; Dattari (Savio) 343; K&G 20.5; RPC II 2405; Emmett 207.1. Nice VF, toned. Rare.

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (March 1998).