Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1227. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (11.95 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust with long beard right, seen from front / Eagle standing facing on thigh of sacrificial animal, head right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; •D• and •E• above wings. Prieur 246 (CP 1235); SNG Copenhagen-. Good VF, toned.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.