Two Very Rare Macrinus Tetradrachms

CNG 84, Lot: 883. Estimate $750. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAPPADOCIA, Caesaraea-Eusebia. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 9.16 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 217). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / MHTPO KAICAPIAC, Mt. Argaeus surmounted by statue; ЄT A (date) in exergue. Cf. Sydenham, Caesarea 503-503a; Berk BBS 166, lot 575 (same obv. die); Berk BBS 167, lot 449 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die). VF, some porosity. Very rare.