The Pharos of Alexandria

334, Lot: 263. Estimate $300. Sold for $2010. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 10.25 g, 12h). Dated RY 29 (AD 188/9). Laureate head right / Pharos of Alexandria and corbita under sail right. Köln 2242-3; Dattari (Savio) 3903; K&G 41.113; Emmett 2542.29. VF, brown patina.

Purchased from Baldwin’s, July 1973, with original ticket.