TYPE Greek Imperial, Macrianus (260-1 AD), bronze AE24 of Nikaia (Bithynia) DESCRIPTION . Obv: Radiate draped bust of Macrianus r.; faint Greek legend [TI FOUL IOU] MAKRIANOS S[EV] Rev: Aerial view of the walls of Nikaia seen in perspective, with an octagonal circuit and two gates, Greek legend NIKAIEON REFERENCE: VA 733, SGI 4730 GRADING: F / AVF, brownish patina, some porosity, rare ORDER INFO: R2849, $225 Rare and prized type on two counts - as an issue of the short-lived emperor Macrianus the Younger (whose colonial output is limited to a couple of Bithynian mints and Alexandria), and as a characteristic architectural type, rather well preserved on this specimen.