CLODIUS MACER. April-October 68 AD. AR Denarius (3.19 gm). Carthage mint. 

Bare head of Macer right
Galley with seven oarsmen sailing right. 
RIC I 39; BMCRE pg. 285 note; A. Gara, "La Monetazione di 
Clodius Macer," RIN (1970), pg. 67, 7 var. (number of 
oarsmen); Rev. K.V. Hewitt, "The Coinage of Clodius Macer," 
NumChron (1983), pl. 13, 59 (same reverse die; obverse 
die apparently unpublished); RSC 13b. 

Darkly toned VF, reverse scratch. 
Extremely rare. ($30,000) 

All of Macer.s coins are extremely rare, with fewer than 85 
coins of all types known, of which fewer than 20 are 
portrait types.

Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1896. Sold for $26,000.

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