CNG 109, Lot: 492. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. BI Tetradrachm (24.8mm, 12.68 g, 12h). Dated RY 22 of Caracalla (AD 213/214). Draped bust right / Nilus seated left on pile of rocks, holding reed and cornucopia, from which emerges a Genius crowning Nilus with a wreath; L KB upward to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4034 (this coin); K&G 50.23; Emmett 2863.22 (R5 – this coin cited). VF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare.

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (December 2000). Ex Bill Kalmbach Collection; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 4034.