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CNG 88, Lot: 855. Estimate $300.
Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Macrianus. Usurper, AD 260-261. Æ Reduced Octassarion (22mm, 8.43 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / City-view seen from aerial perspective: city wall fronted and backed by main gate consisting of arched bay surmounted by four arched windows and flanked by two multi-storey towers; two additional towers on either side. Weiser, Nikaia 263; RG 867; SNG von Aulock 733; CNG 85, 586. Near EF, brown and orichalcum surfaces. Very rare and better than the specimen offered in CNG 85.


From Group CEM.