A beautiful sestertius of Macrinus from the collection of Christian August von Waldeck-Pyrmont (1744-1798)
Lot 285
Macrinus, 217-218. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 20.53 g, 12 h), Rome, summer 217-early 218. IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus to right. Rev. PONTIF MAX TR P COS P [P] / S - C Felicitas standing front, head to left, holding long caduceus in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left. BMC 120, note. Clay Issue 2 (this coin cited, under die combination 42). Cohen 66. RIC 139. A beautiful piece with a very attractive brown patina and an excellent 18th century pedigree. Edge split, otherwise, very fine.

Ex Stacks' Bowers August 2016 ANA Auction, 9 August 2016, 20168 and from the collection of Prince Christian August von Waldeck-Pyrmont (1744-1798), Münzhandlung Basel 3, 4-5 March 1935, 730.
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1500 CHF
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1200 CHF
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1700 CHF
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