Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. Æ As (25mm, 10.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission of Macrinus, AD 217. Good VF.

Triton XXVII
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Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. Æ As (25mm, 10.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission of Macrinus, AD 217. M OPEL DIADVMENIANVS CAES, bareheaded and draped bust right / PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Diadumenian, bareheaded and wearing military attire, standing left, holding baton in right hand and cradling scepter in left arm; two signa to right; S C in exergue. RIC IV 216 (Macrinus); Clay Issue 1; BMCRE 163. Dark brown-green patina with some red, some trace smoothing marks. Good VF.

From the Lionel Tenby Collection. Ex Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection (Triton IX, 9 January 2006), lot 1532; Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 1463.


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