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LOT 2795
Macrinus AE As of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 217-218.
AVT K M O CЄ MAKPI[NOC C], laureate head to right / S C within laurel wreath, star at apex; Δ above, Є beneath. McAlee 723c var. (obv. legend); BMC 386 var. (same). Good Very Fine.(3.93gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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