Egypt. Alexandria. Gordianus III, 238-244. Tetradrachm (Billon, 22.0 mm, 11.86 g). Dated RY 5 (= 241/2). Α Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ Laureate and cuirassed bust right with gorgoneion. Rev. She-wolf standing right, head left, feeding twins; L Ε (date) above. Dattari-Savio 4813. RPC VII.2, 3813. Emmett 3431. Geissen 2662. Very Fine. Rare. Ex Gilles Blancon Price List 31, August 1991, lot 431. A rare tetradrachm of the fifth year of Gordianus III’s reign (241-242 AD) showing again on the obverse the image of the legendary She-wolf suckling lovingly the twins Romolus and Remus, the founders of Rome (Cf. nr. 203 of the collection), perhaps in anticipation of the celebration of the next millennium of the empire’s capital, which fell in 248 AD, a posthumous event compared to the emperor's untimely and violent death in February 244 AD.