Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 855. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (13.80 g, 12h). Struck AD 217-218. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, head of bull right. Prieur 1248 (same obv. die). Near VF, minor traces of encrustation. Extremely rare, only one specimen known to Prieur.