CNG 97, Lot: 537. Estimate $750. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.20 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; wine jar between legs, ivy leaf in exergue. Meshorer, Aelia 96b; Prieur 1642 (citing 5). VF. Rare.