453, Lot: 438. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.69 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1675; Sofaer –. Toned, some porosity, minor deposit on obverse. VF. Rare, ten known to Prieur, and six in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.