Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 805. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. BI Tetradrachm (12.43 gm, 12h). Dated RY 5 (141/2 AD). ANTWNINOC CEB EVCEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Artemis advancing right, holding bow in left hand, drawing arrow from quiver with right; L E (date) in left field. Köln 1364; Dattari 2151; Milne 1705; BMC Alexandria -; Emmett 1362/5. Good VF, bold provincial style set off by dramatic toning. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.