415, Lot: 339. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MACEDON, Amphipolis. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ (24mm, 6.35 g, 7h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right; on breastplate, eagle standing facing on globe, head right, with wings displayed / Tyche enthroned left, holding phiale. SNG ANS 200 (same obv. die); Varbanov 3285. EF, green and red-brown patina. Exceptional for issue.
From the Belgica Collection. Ex Group CEM (Classical Numismatic Group 88, 14 September 2011), lot 793 (where it hammered for $450 on a $150 estimate).