Extremely Rare Macrinus Didrachm

229, Lot: 311. Estimate $200. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAPPADOCIA, Caesaraea-Eusebia. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Didrachm (22mm, 2.13 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 217). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star, set on garlanded altar; ЄT A (date) in exergue. Sydenham, Caesarea -; Berk BBS 166, 578 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); Berk BBS 167, 450 (same obv. die). VF, porous. Extremely rare, Sydenham does not record any didrachms for Macrinus.