Just got this from Naumann event/ please add your coins from this Emperor. Marcus Opellius Macrinus Severus 217-8AD AR Denarius ND (117AD) Roma Mint 3.94g. 20mm. ,745 12h Laureate / cuirassed bust Right IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS Felicitas standing Left/ holding Cornucopiae & Caduceus RIC 21 RSC 65 BMCRE 35
Macrinus (217 - 218 A.D.) AR Denarius O: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, from front, younger features with medium beard. R: PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Jupiter standing half left, nude, no cloak, thunderbolt in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand. 2.73g 20mm Rome Mint, Sep 217 A.D RIC IV 15 (S), RSC III 55b, BMCRE V 31, SRCV II 7342, Hunter III Ex. Maxwell Hunt Collection
I don't have any coin of Macrinus minted in Rome. I have some which are from Syria or Cilicia. They are interesting because Macrinus' portrait is not at all the same as on coins minted in Rome. Macrinus, Antioch, AE 18-19 mm, 4.71 g, 12 h. Macrinus, Syrian Tetradrachm, Hierapolis mint (Manbij, Syria). AR 25.5 mm, 12.98 g, 12 h. Macrinus, Berytus (Beirut, Lebanon). Macrinus, Tarsus (Tarsus, Turkey). AE 33-34 mm, 18.50 g, 12 h. The emperor has a stern expression, his eyebrows furrowed, his forehead creased. Exactly like his predecessor Caracalla. For the Oriental soldiers and population, Macrinus' regime was supposed to be the continuation of Caracalla, who was very popular, especially among the troops.
Great coin Panza, very well struck with fantastic detail. Macrinus and Diadumenian, Thrace, Marcianopolis, Triumphal arch with for statues. 25.46mm, 11.91, 217-218 AD, struck under governor Furius Pontianus obv. AVT K OPEL CEV MAKREINOC KM OPEL ANTWNEINOC confronted heads of Macrinus, laureate, r., and Diadumenianus, bare-headed, l. rev. VP PONTIAN - OV MARKIANO / POLEITW / N (OV ligate) Triumphal arch with three doors, the door in the midth much higher, four figures on postaments above. The outer two are Victories holding wreath in upraised hand, the other two male figures, draped, the left holding up his r. hand, the right one holding spear in his l. hand. E in l. field (for pentassarion) Varbanov (engl.) 1220 Hristova/Jekov (2013) No.6.24.46.2 Price/Trell p.51, fig. 85 var.
