CNG 109, Lot: 480. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. BI Tetradrachm (25.1mm, 13.99 g, 11h). Dated RY 6 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 165/166). Draped bust right / Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt; L ς (date) across field. Köln 2115; Dattari (Savio) 3608; K&G 38.21; Emmett 2276.6 (R3). VF, toned. Rare.

From the New Orleans Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 41 (19 March 1997), lot 1292.