CNG 90, Lot: 1275. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian I. AD 238. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.59 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus enthroned left, holding phiale and scepter; to left at feet, eagle standing left, head right; LA (date) to left. Köln 2605 (same rev. die); Dattari (Savio) 4664; K&G 68.15. Near VF, red-brown patina, some roughness. Rare.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.