CNG 111, Lot: 580. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian. AD 81-96. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.46 g, 12h). Dated RY 8 (AD 88/89). Laureate head right / Athena Nikephorus standing facing, head left, holding Nike in her extended right hand, leaning on grounded shield with her left; L H (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 435bis; K&G 24.77; RPC II 2548; Emmett 237.8 (R5). VF, toned, some roughness, a few old scratches, area of find patina. Extremely rare, RPC cites only four specimens with none in CoinArchives.

From the New Orleans Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 41 (19 March 1997), lot 1266.