Choice Gordian I Tetradrachm

359, Lot: 267. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian I. AD 238. Potin Tetradrachm (21mm, 12.92 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; L A (date) to upper left. Köln 2605 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4664 var. (same); K&G 68.16; Emmett 3351.1. Good VF, dark gray-brown surfaces. Rare.

From the Hermanubis Collection.