449, Lot: 337. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.76 g, 12h). ΛVT · KΛI · M · O · Π · C · MAKPINO, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull’s head right. Prieur 1249 var. (obv. legend); CNG E-444, lot 304 (same obv. die); CNG E-182, lot 173 (same obv. die). Toned, some light deposits, porosity. Near VF. Very rare obverse die.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Marti Hervera / Soler y Llach 68 (21 December 2010), lot 3752.