Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1304. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian I. 238 AD. BI Tetradrachm (12.71 gm, 11h). Dated RY 1 (238 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing left, head right, wreath in beak; date across field. Köln 2598; Dattari 4665; Milne 3302; Emmett 3342. Good VF, attractive red-brown patina with touches of hard green verdigris. A splendid tetradrachm for this short-lived emperor. ($1000)

From the Rudolf Berk Collection.