CNG 99, Lot: 679. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.27 g, 6h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 2nd emission, 2nd phase, early AD 218. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right with longer beard / Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC IV 73; Szaivert series 9; RSC 33a (Antioch). EF, lightly toned, short scratch in reverse field.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.