407, Lot: 502. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 12.13 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 241/242). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia; L Є (date) to upper left. Köln 2660-1 var. (obv. legend & bust type); Dattari (Savio) 4781 var. (same); K&G 72.118-9 var. (same); Emmett 3429.5. VF, dark gray-brown surfaces, obverse die break.
From the Hermanubis Collection.