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Auction 15 22 Oct 2017
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ROMAN IMPERIAL AND PROVINCIAL COINS
EGYPT. Alexandria. Gordian III, 238-244. Tetradrachm (Potin, 22 mm, 13.92 g, 12 h), RY 7 = 243/244. A K M ANT ΓOPΔΙANOC EY Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian to right. Rev. L Z Eagle facing, with spread wings and its head turned to right, holding laurel wreath with its talons. Dattari (Savio) 4811 & 12422. Emmett 3402.7. Geissen 2671-2. Nicely centered with dark brown surfaces. Good very fine.
From a Swiss Collection, purchased around 2005.
The eagle on the reverse of this coin is remarkable in the way it is shown: it seems to hark towards the medieval world, and has an almost heraldic quality.