453, Lot: 174. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Macrianus. Usurper, AD 260-261. Æ Reduced Oktassarion (25mm, 8.24 g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / City-view seen from aerial perspective: city wall fronted and backed by main gate consisting of arched bay surmounted by four arched windows and flanked by two multi-storey towers; two additional towers on either side; APICTΩ[N]/MEΓ in two lines in central field. Weiser, Nikaia 263 var. (no legend in central field of rev.); cf. RG 873 (Quietus); cf. SNG von Aulock 735 (same). Green and brown patina, large shift strike. VF. Rare with the additional reverse legend.