CNG 99, Lot: 526. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Gaza. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.21 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star in upper right field, symbol of Marnas within wreath between legs. Prieur 1695 var. (obv. legend); Sofaer 203. Fine, porosity, scattered encrustation. Extremely rare, only the Sofaer piece published in the standard references.