348, Lot: 605. Estimate $75. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.29 g, 12h). Dated RY 22 (AD 158/9). Laureate head right / ΘЄAN ΦΑVCTINAN, veiled, and draped bust of Faustina Senior right; L B/K (date) across field. Köln 1815; Dattari (Savio) 8030; K&G 35.787; Emmett 1391.22. Good Fine, toned, rough porous surfaces. Rare variety with Faustina’s bust draped and veiled.

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