CNG 109, Lot: 444. Estimate $150. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. BI Tetradrachm (25.4mm, 12.40 g, 12h). Dated RY 19 (AD 115/116). Radiate bust right, with aegis; star before / Draped bust of Sarapis right, wearing taenia and ornate calathus; L I Θ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 27.627 var. (obv. legend); RPC III 4891; Emmett 391.19. VF, toned with areas of find patina. Rare variety with obverse legend ending with ΠΑΡ.

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (April 2002).