Macrinus and Diadumenian, AE36 of Caesarea, Cappadocia. 217-218 AD. 

Obv: AY K M OP CEOY MAKREINOC M OP DIADOY ANTWNEI, laureate, 
draped, cuirassed bust right facing bare-headed, 
draped bust of Diadumenian left. Countermark below.
Rev: MHTROPO KAISARIAS NEWKOROY ET B, Mount Argaeus: on
summit, nude figure holding globe and sceptre; (star and 
crescent in fields); tetrastyle temple before mountain; on 
each side: a prize crown. 

Sydenham 507; BMC 21,284; SNG von Aulock 6498; Franke 29.
Rare.

Contributed by Ars-Aeterna / David Suter, Switzerland, March 2010