CNG 109, Lot: 510. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian I. AD 238. Potin Tetradrachm (22.9mm, 11.85 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nike advancing left, holding a wreath with her extended right hand and a palm frond with her left; L A (date) to lower left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4658; K&G 68.8; Emmett 3345.1 (R3). VF, reddish-brown patina with traces of green, minor roughness. Rare.

From the New Orleans Collection. Ex Philip DeVicci Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 53, 15 March 2000), lot 1239.