397, Lot: 369. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.78 g, 12h). Dated RY 14 of Antoninus Pius (AD 150/151). Draped bust right / Eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath in beak; L I ∆ (date) across field. Köln 1951; Dattari (Savio) 3275; K&G 38.55; Emmett 1939.14 (R3). VF, toned, some minor roughness. Rare type for this regnal year.

Ex A.K. Collection, purchased from Frank Sternberg AG, 1980 (reportedly ex Nägeli Collection).