CNG 90, Lot: 1259. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.60 g, 12h). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Eagle standing facing, head right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; shrine between legs. Bellinger -; Prieur 856 (same obv. die as illustrated coin). EF, attractively toned. Rare.