282, Lot: 195. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Macrinus, with Diadumenian as Caesar. AD 217-218. Æ (36mm, 27.55 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 218). Confronted busts of Macrinus right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Diadumenian left, bareheaded and draped / Agalma of Mt. Argaeus surmounted by a male statue and flanked by star and crescent; before, tetrastyle temple between two agonistic urns, each with a palm. Sydenham,
Caesarea 507. Fine, brown surfaces. Rare.
From the R. D. Frederick Collection.