JUDAEA. Gaza. Macrinus, 217-218. Tetradrachm (Billon, 26 mm, 10.32 g, 1 h). ΑΥ K M ΟΠ [CЄ ΜΑΚ]ΡΙΝΟC CЄ Laureate head of Macrinus to right. Rev. ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•ЄΞ Υ[ΠΑΤΟC Τ Δ] Eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to left and holding wreath in beak; between the eagle's legs, sign of Marnas; to upper right, star. Bellinger -. Leu Web Auction 17 (2021), 2070 (same dies). Prieur 1695 (only one example recorded). Very rare. Rough, otherwise, about very fine.


Bellinger knew of no tetradrachms from Gaza in the name of Macrinus, but since he was able to find one in the name of Diadumenian, he correctly presumed their existence. Prieur recorded a single example of this type, but in recent years a number of new specimens, mostly from the same pair of dies, have surfaced.