447, Lot: 232. Estimate $150. Sold for $145. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.35 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 of Antoninus Pius (AD 149/150). Draped bust right / Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and cornucopia; L I Γ (date) across field. Köln 1949 var. (placement of date); Dattari 3239; K&G 38.48; Emmett 1938.13 (R3). Dark brown patina with traces of red and green, some encrustation. VF. Rare type for this regnal year.
From the New Orleans Collection.