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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3984247, member: 97383&quot;]The tetradrachm of Macrinus pictured below is the last coin I won at auction last year, it finally arrived today <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. This coin is by no means rare, however, Macrinus was emperor for only 18 months before being assassinated, so his provincial war coinage isn&#039;t nearly as common as the other emperors. What attracted me to the coin is the strange portrait of Macrinus with the hooked nose <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. It&#039;s actually difficult to find two different provincial mints that have the same style portrait. Since he was emperor for such a short time official busts of him obviously didn&#039;t get around to all the provincial mints, &amp; the celators probably relied on verbal descriptions. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1049102[/ATTACH] </p><p>The tet pictured below has been in my collection a long time &amp; it&#039;s been posted a number of times, but I&#039;ll post it again just for comparison. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049107[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1049109[/ATTACH] </p><p>The coin pictured below from Antioch, Syria has a fairly accurate portrait of Macrinus, I sold it at a Heritage auction 9 years ago for $546.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The coins from the Rome mint have the most accurate &amp; finely engraved portraits.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049112[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1049113[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1049114[/ATTACH] </p><p>The marble bust of Macrinus pictured below is a period bust of the emperor, it resides in the Capitoline Museum of Rome. If any <b>CT </b>members have interesting coins of Macrinus post them if you like <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049115[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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