113, Lot: 202. Estimate $75. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. BI Tetradrachm (21mm, 11.72 gm). Dated RY 3 (239/40 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Ares standing left, holding spear and parazonium; shield at his side; L-G (date) across field. Köln -; Dattari -; Milne -; Emmett 3391. Near VF, a little porous. Rare.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Robert Hecht Collection.