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LOT 2970
Macrinus AE 26mm of Caesarea Maritima, Judaea. AD 217-218.
[...]CRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL FL [...] C CAESAR, Tyche standing facing within tetrastyle temple, holding bust and sceptre, resting foot on harbour-god; small figures between columns. Cf. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 69876; cf. SNG ANS 799; Sofaer -; BMC -. Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant of a very rare issue of Caesarea Maritima.(12.24gr, 26mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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