Triton XXII, Lot: 694. Estimate $300. Sold for $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COELESYRIA, Heliopolis. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.24 g, 12h). AVT K M [OΠ] CЄ MAKPINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ V[ΠAT]OC Π Π, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, star above lion advancing right. Prieur 1202 (this coin illustrated); Bellinger –. EF, lightly toned. Extremely rare with this bust type, 4 cited by Prieur, 2 in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 461 (November/December 1983), no. 72.