403, Lot: 511. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.23 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 240/241). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Bust of Hermanubis right, slight drapery, wearing modius; L ∆ (date) to left, caduceus surmounted by palm frond to right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10220; K&G –; Emmett 3409.4 (R5). Good VF, dark gray-brown surfaces, some obverse roughness. Rare type for this regnal year.
From the Hermanubis Collection.