Triton XX, Lot: 485. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian I. AD 238. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 12.75 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). A K M AN ΓOP∆IANOC CEM AΦP EVCE, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus reclining left on rocks, holding reed and cornucopia; L A (date) to left. Köln 2603 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4660; K&G 68.11; Emmett 3347.1 var. (reclining on hippopotamus). Good VF, dark gray-brown surfaces. Rare.