Triton XIV, Lot: 766. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 23.71 g, 10h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 1st emission, May AD 217. IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / VOTA PVBL P M TR P, S C across field, Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding winged caduceus in right hand and scepter in left. Cf. RIC IV 127 (dupondius, for rev. type); Szaivert series 1 (no Sestertii recorded); Banti -; cf. BMCRE p. 512 † (dupondius, for rev. type). Good VF, attractive brown patina, areas of minor porosity. Well centered on a broad flan. Extremely rare.