Charming Provincial Portrait

291, Lot: 221. Estimate $200. Sold for $241. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ (30mm, 15.04 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Tyche of Seleucia standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia, being crowned by Macrinus, standing left, holding a wreath and spear. SNG France 989. VF, green patina with some earthen encrustation. Excellent portrait.