445, Lot: 295. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Potin Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 11.32 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 239/240). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hermanubis standing facing, head right, holding palm frond and caduceus; at his feet to left, jackal standing left, head right; L Γ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4730; K&G 72.59; Emmett 3410.3 (R5). VF, dark brown patina with traces of red, some minor porosity. Extremely rare type for Gordian III.

From the New Orleans Collection. Reportedly ex Tom Thompson and John Twente collections.