JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Macrinus. 217-218 CE. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.44 g, 1h). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΛ C ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟC CΒ, laureate head right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC Π Π, eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsus, head left, with wings spread; vine leaf between legs. Meshorer, Aelia 97 (same obv. die as illustration); Prieur 1637; Rosenberger –; Sofaer –; SNG ANS –. Lightly toned, minor deposits. Good VF. Extremely rare.
From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection. Ex Superior (8 December 1995), lot 1396.