EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 12.51 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 242/3). Good VF.

Electronic Auction 563
Lot: 617.
Closing Date: Jun 5 2024 10:00 ET

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Potin

Estimate: $ 200

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 12.51 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 242/3). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, gorgoneion on breastplate / Bust of Zeus-Ammon left, wearing ram’s horn and crown of solar disc and uraei, slight drapery on right shoulder, scepter over left shoulder; L ς (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10291; K&G 72.123; RPC VII.2. 3837.6 (this coin); Emmett 3436.6. Brown patina, slight porosity. Good VF.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Hermanubis Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 355, 15 July 2015), lot 434.


Closing Date and Time: 5 June 2024 at 13:25:20 ET.

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