| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 543 Price realized: 40,000 USD (Approx. 36,636 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: EGYPT, Alexandria. Pertinax. AD 193. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.99 g, 1h). Dated RY 1 (AD 193). AYT • KAI • Π • ЄΛOY IOC • ΠЄPTINAΞ • CЄB, laureate head right / Elpis advancing left, holding lotus blossum and raising hem of dress; L [A] (date) across field. Lempereur Type 3, 4 (D2/R3 – note2, probably this coin); Köln 2264; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 43.1; Emmett 2639 (R5). Dark brown patina, small scrape and edge roughness on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of two known and the only one in private hands. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 19 April 2018. Probably ex Reginald Godrey Peckitt Collection (Sotheby's, 21 February 1929), lot 348 (not illustrated, but described as having the date unstruck). Estimate: 20000 USD |  |
