CNG 97, Lot: 506. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Macrinus. AD 217-218. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 10.99 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, the Three Graces within wreath. Prieur 1602A. VF, toned, minor roughness. Rare – Prieur only knew of one at the time of his publication, with a few more appearing on the market since.