Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ As (26mm, 11.18 g, 4h). Rome mint. 2nd emission, AD 217-218.

Triton XXIII – Session Three – Roman Imperial Coinage Part II through World Coinage Part I
Lot: 806.

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 1 500

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Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ As (26mm, 11.18 g, 4h). Rome mint. 2nd emission, AD 217-218. IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / PONTIF MAX TR P II COS II P P, S C across field, Jupiter, naked, except for cloak over arm, standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and scepter, nearly vertical, with left. RIC IV 154; Clay Issue 2; BMCRE 131. Attractive green patina, a few light cleaning marks. Near EF.

From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 84741 (December 1994); Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica & Spink Taisei, 16 November 1994), lot 630.


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