CNG 109, Lot: 489. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Crispina. Augusta, AD 178-182. BI Tetradrachm (24.1mm, 12.87 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 of Commodus (AD 180/181). Draped bust right / Tyche enthroned left, holding rudder and double cornucopia; L KA (date) to upper left; wheel below throne. Köln 2262; Dattari (Savio) 3974; K&G 42.8; Emmet 2629.21. VF, find patina, some earthen highlights/deposits in the devices. Rare.
From the New Orleans Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 862190 (January 2010).