Extremely Rare Diadumenian Tetradrachm

CNG 84, Lot: 885. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAPPADOCIA, Caesaraea-Eusebia. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 8.48 g, 11h). Dated RY 1 of Macrinus (AD 217). MAPKOC OΠEΛIOC [....], bare headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [MH]TPOΠO KAICAPIA, Mt. Argaeus surmounted by statue; ЄT A (date) in exergue. Sydenham, Caesarea -; cf. Berk BBS 166, lot 581; Berk BBS 167 -. Good VF, some porosity. Extremely rare.