160, Lot: 159. Estimate $75. Sold for $106. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Macrianus. AD 260-261. Æ 22mm (7.18 g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / NIKAIEWN, City-view of Nicaea surrounded by a octagonal wall with two gates. RG pg. 510, 867; BMC Pontus pg. 177, 157; SNG Copenhagen 543; SNG von Aulock 733. VF, dark green patina, some roughness.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

Provincial issues of Macrianus are known from only two cities; Nicaea and Alexandria