Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1048. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACRINUS. 217-218 AD Æ Sestertius (23.70 gm, 1h). Struck 217 AD. IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, short beard / FIDES MILITVM, S C in exergue, Fides Militum standing facing, head right, right foot on helmet, holding legionary aquila in each hand. RIC IV 179; Clay Issue 1; Banti 9; BMCRE 101 var. (S C across field); Cohen 124. Near EF, mottled brick-red and black surfaces. Strong, detailed early portrait. ($5000)

From the Michael Weller Collection.