CNG 84, Lot: 907. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.54 g, 12h). AYT M OΠΛC MAK[PIN]OC CB(
sic), laureate head right / ΔHMAPXE ZVΠATOC IIII, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, on filleted thyrsos; vine leaf between legs. Meshorer,
Aelia 97 (same obv. die); Kadman -; Rosenberger -; cf. Prieur 1637; Bellinger -; SNG ANS -. VF, some porosity. A legend variety of an extremely rare type.
Prieur cites only two known specimens for his 1637, including the one cited by Meshorer.