CNG 109, Lot: 467. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 12.93 g, 12h). Dated RY 17 (AD 153/154). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Bust of Nilus right, wearing taenia, slight drapery; before, cornucopia; L I Z (date) across upper field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 2287; K&G 35.581; Emmett 1412.17 (R3). VF, toned. Rare type for this regnal year.

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (July 2007).