Attractive Gordian I Tetradrachm

355, Lot: 431. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian I. AD 238. Potin Tetradrachm (21mm, 13.66 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nike seated left, holding wreath and palm frond; L A (date) to left. Köln 2602 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4659 var. (same); K&G 68.9; Emmett 3346.1 (R3). Near EF, dark gray-brown surfaces, reverse die breaks. Rare.

From the Hermanubis Collection.