Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 694. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Denarius (3.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd emission, August AD 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing medium-length beard / FELICITAS TEMPORVM, Felcitas standing facing, head left, holding long caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC IV 60; Szaivert 4/1; Clay issue 2; RSC 15a; BMCRE 62. Superb EF, lustrous. Exceptional portrait.

From a Gentleman’s Collection.