445, Lot: 375. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Gaza. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.82 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star to upper right, symbol of Marnas within circle between legs. Prieur 1696A (this coin); Sofaer –. VF, toned, minor porosity, some deposits. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.