CNG 94, Lot: 866. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Macrinus, with Diadumenian as Caesar. AD 217-218. Æ Pentassarion (26mm, 10.25 g, 1h). Pontianus, legatus consularis. Confronted busts of Macrinus right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Diadumenian left, bareheaded and draped / Apollo standing facing, head right, raising right arm above head and holding bow in left hand; E (mark of value) to left, serpent entwined around tree stump to right. H&J, Markianopolis 6.24.7.13 var. (bust types); Pfeiffer 228 (same dies); Varbanov 1147 var. (bust types); SNG Evelpidis 815 (same dies). Good VF, dark green patina.