455, Lot: 241. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 11.31 g, 12h). Dated RY 29 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 188/189). Laureate head right / Pharos of Alexandria, on left, and corbita under sail right; [L KΘ] (date) in exergue. Köln 2242-3; Dattari (Savio) 3903; K&G 41.113; Emmett 2542.29. Rough brown patina with touches of green and red. Near VF.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased in Winter 2006.