Three Choice Gordian I Tetradrachms

CNG 103, Lot: 606. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian I. AD 238. Potin Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.81 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear and shield; L A (date) across field. Köln 2599 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4654-5; K&G 68.3; Emmett 3340. VF, dark gray-brown surfaces, minor roughness on the reverse. Rare.

From the Hermanubis Collection.