CNG 109, Lot: 484. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-182. BI Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 13.13 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus (AD 165/166). ΛOVKIΛΛA CЄ B ANT C ΘV, draped bust right / Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt; L ς (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 3816 var. (obv. legend); K&G 40.1 var. (same); Emmett 2473.6 (R5 = Dattari 3816). VF, deeply toned, minor porosity. Extremely rare.

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (December 2009).