Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1298. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. 177-192 AD. BI Tetradrachm (12.08 gm, 12h). Dated RY 29 (188/9 AD). Laureate head right / Pharos of Alexandria to left; galley under full sail entering harbor, date in exergue. Köln 2242; Dattari 3903; Milne 2683; Emmett 2542. VF, dark toning. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

Under Commodus, the fineness of Alexandrian tetradrachms was drastically reduced. This very low silver content led some authorities note that change by erroneously refer to it as potin. The RY date is that of his father, Marcus Aurelius.