Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 512. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (15.92 g, 12h). AVT K M OP CE ••• MAKPINOC CE [•]B[•], laureate head right / DHMARC EX UP[ATOC P P], eagle standing facing, head left, wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; crescent below beak; between legs, radiate and draped bust of Shamash left. Prieur 1015 (same obv. die); Bellinger 205; SNG Copenhagen -. EF, toned. Exceptional portrait of fine style.