EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 12.93 g, 11h). Dated RY 24 (AD 183/4). VF.

CNG Feature Auction 126
Lot: 538.
Closing Date: May 29 2024 11:00 ET

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Billon

Estimate: $ 1 000

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 12.93 g, 11h). Dated RY 24 (AD 183/4). M A KO ANTω CЄB ЄYCЄ B, radiate head right / Commodus, in military dress, standing left, holding scepter in right hand, raising Alexandria kneeling right, wearing elephant’s skin cap and holding grain ears: L/K Δ (date) across field. Cf. Emmett 2539 (RY 25 and 26, RY 24 unrecorded); otherwise, unpublished. Deeply toned, reverse deposits. VF. Spectacular radiate bust. Apparently unique.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 19 April 2018. Ex New Orleans Collection.


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