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CNG 109, Lot: 481. Estimate $200.
Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Drachm (30.5mm, 19.95 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 161/162). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Eagle standing facing, wings spread, head right with a wreath in its beak; L B (date) to either side of eagle’s head. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 9528; K&G 39.31 var. (eagle’s head right with wreath in beak); Emmett 2375 but unlisted regnal year for type. Fine, dark brown patina with light green highlights/deposits. Extremely rare.


From the New Orleans Collection. Ex Antioch Associates BBS 37 (December 2001), lot 142.