CNG 109, Lot: 518. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Potin Tetradrachm (22.2mm, 13.31 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 240/241). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia; L Δ (date) to upper left. Köln 2650 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 10229; K&G 72.98 var. (same); Emmett 3429.4 (R2). VF. Fully silvered and rare as such.

From the New Orleans Collection. Ex R. S. Speck Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 39, 18 September 1996), lot 1083; Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection.