445, Lot: 353. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.29 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; wine jar between legs. Prieur 1638 (same dies as illustrated coin); cf. Meshorer, Aelia 96a; Sofaer –. VF, toned, a touch of porosity, small deposit on obverse. Extremely rare, only three known to Prieur, and two in CoinArchives, including this coin.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 204 (11 February 2009), lot 77.