346, Lot: 344. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.04 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 142/143). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elpis standing left, holding lotus blossom and raising a fold of her skirt; L S (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 2226; K&G 35.184; Emmett 1383.6 (R4). Good VF, toned, minor roughness. Rare type for this regnal year.

From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930’s.