Macrianus, AV aureus, 22mm. Antioch mint.

IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
VICTORIA AVGG, Victoria advancing right, holding wreath 
and palm. 

RIC V-2, 3; Göbl 1744a; Vagi 2367; Calicň 3702.

Of the highest rarity, only the seventh aureus known of 
Macrianus and by far the finest.
Only two specimens known with this reverse type.

With kind permission of NAC, Numismatica Ars Classica, Zürich,
October 2005.
Sold for 190,000 Swiss Francs, approx. $148,252