94, Lot: 119. Estimate $100. Sold for $109. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emisa. Macrinus. 217-218 AD. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.38 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed right / Eagle standing facing, head turned left, holding wreath in beak; radiate bust of Shamash (Sol) left below. Cf. Prieur 976 (obverse legend ends in B). Toned VF.

The reverse legend on this coin has been clumsily recut from UPATOC D to UPATOC PP.