357, Lot: 227. Estimate $300. Sold for $408. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ Tetrassarion (26mm, 8.78 g, 2h). Statius Longinus, consular legate. AVT K M ΟΠEΛ CEV[H] MAKPEINOC AV[Γ], laureate head right / VΠ CTA (wedge stop) ΛO(NΓ)IN(OY) TIANOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC I, Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. H&J, Nicopolis, 8.23.20.6-7 var. (legends); AMNG I/I –; Varbanov 3448 var. (same). EF, dark green patina. Currently unique variety with this legend combination.

From the Elwood Rafn Collection.