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E-Sale 43  3 Feb 2018
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Lot 420

Estimate: 75 GBP
Price realized: 70 GBP
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Macrinus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218. AVT•K•M•OΠ•CԐ•MAKPINOC CԐB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOΔ, eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head right, with wreath in beak; Δ-Ԑ across upper fields. McAlee 722; Prieur 246A-246B. 12.52g, 27mm, 12h. 14.98g, 26mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine. Very Rare.

McAlee notes that this type was struck from a reverse die intended for Caracalla's tetradrachms, reused in error with an obverse die for Macrinus.



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