CNG 112, Lot: 447. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.66 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsus, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; vine leaf between legs. Prieur 1637; Meshorer, Aelia 97; Sofaer –. Toned, a touch of porosity, trace of deposit on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and four in CoinArchives.