Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 721. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian I. AD 238. BI Tetradrachm (12.96 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 238). A K M AN ΓOPΔIANOC CЄM AΦP ЄVCЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; L A (date) across field. Köln 2598; Dattari 4665; Milne 3302; Emmett 3342. VF, olive-brown patina. Rare.