349, Lot: 214. Estimate $75. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Macrinus, with Diadumenian as Caesar. AD 217-218. Æ Pentassarion (27mm, 11.12 g, 7h). Pontianus,
legatis consularis. Bare head of Diadumenian right, and laureate head of Macrinus left, facing one another / Aesculapius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-entwined staff; Є (mark of value) to right. AMNG I 746; Varbanov 1253 corr. (Asklepios head right). VF, dark green patina, light roughness.
From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.