CNG 90, Lot: 1196. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Macrinus. 217-218 CE. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.93 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; amphora between legs, ivy leaf in exergue. Meshorer, Aelia 96b; SNG ANS -; Prieur 1642. Good VF, light porosity, metal flaw on obverse. Rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.