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348, Lot: 429. Estimate $100.
Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Macrinus, with Diadumenian as Caesar. AD 217-218. Æ Pentassarion (30mm, 12.92 g, 12h). Pontianus, legatis consularis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right and bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian left, facing one another / Zeus standing left, holding scepter and patera over lighted altar to left; E (mark of value) to right. AMNG I –; Varbanov 1237 var. (eagle on rev.). VF, green-brown patina. Well centered on a broad flan. An exceptional piece.


From the Dr. George Spradling Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 65 (28 May 2003), lot 141 (part of).