182, Lot: 173. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 10.91 g). AVT•KAI•O•P•C•MAKPINOC•, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head turned right, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull’s head right. Prieur - (unrecorded obverse legend). VF, flan crack, added metal.

There is a small patch of added metal, from 1:00 to 3:00, that was apparently applied in antiquity. It is not silver and feels harder than lead. It appears to have been added simply to cover up a sharp point on an irregularly prepared flan.