CNG 93, Lot: 778. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BITHYNIA, Nicomedia. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ (23mm, 5.19 g, 6h). AVT K M O CЄ[O]V MAKPЄINO C VA (
sic), laureate head right / ΔIC NЄΩKOPΩN NЄIKOMHΔ Є(inverted Ω)И (
sic), Salus standing left, holding serpent she feeds from patera. Cf. Leypold,
Bithynien 14 = SNG Leypold 229 (same obv. die/different rev. type); otherwise unpublished. Good VF, green patina, hairline flan crack. Apparently unique.
From Group CEM.