Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 696. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Macrinus, with Diadumenian as Caesar. AD 217-218. Æ 5 Assaria (27mm, 13.45 g, 1h). Marcianopolis in Moesia Inferior mint; Pontianus, consular legate. AV[T K] OΠEΛ CEV MAKPEINOC K OΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head of Macrinus right, vis-à-vis bare head of Diadumenian left / VΠ ΠONTIANOV MAP KIANOΠOΛEITΩN (ΩN ligate), Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left; E to right. Hristova & Jekov 6.24.10.3; AMNG I 739; Varbanov 1192 var. (E to left). Near EF, beautiful green patina. Fine style.