449, Lot: 307. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 11.55 g, 12h). Dated RY 30 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 189/190). Laureate head of Commodus right / Bust of Selene left; crescent moon before, L Λ (date) behind. Köln 2252; Dattari (Savio) 3889; K&G 41.124; Emmett 2558.30. Dark brown patina. Good VF. Exceptional for issue.
Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 1460.
The small die break on the Λ apears to make the numeral an A.