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Extremely Rare Macrinus Tetradrachm

323, Lot: 236. Estimate $200.
Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. BI Didrachm (22mm, 6.89 g, 12h). AVT K M OΠЄ • CЄ MAKRЄINOC C, laureate head right / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding grain ear and poppy; at feet, half–length figure of river–god Cydnus swimming left; AM–K in field. Prieur 809 = Levante 1075 var. (obv. legend, positioning of AMK). Near VF, rough surfaces, minor surface stains on reverse. Extremely rare, Prieur only knew of one at the time of his publication.