377, Lot: 253. Estimate $300. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Caesarea Panias. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ (29mm, 19.80 g, 1h). Dated CY 220 (AD 217). AVT KAI MAKPINOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [KAIC ΠA] NIA ΔOC, tetrastyle temple, containing Jupiter standing left, holding patera and scepter; pedum and syrinx to inner left and right; [KC (date) in exergue]. Rosenberger –; SNG ANS 877 (same dies); Meshorer,
Caesarea 29 (citing the ANS specimen); Sofaer –; cf. Heritage 3003, lot 20685 [Shoshana] (for a similar type, which realized a hammer of $11,000). Good Fine, green surfaces. Extremely rare.