Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1268. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (13.28 g, 1h). Struck AD 217-218. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Eagle standing facing on bucranium, head right, tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 827 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, toned, light porosity.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.