CAESAR MARCVS OPELLIVS SEVERVS MACRINVS AVGVSTVS PIVS FELIX

Brief history of Macrinus
Macrinus was Praetorian prefect to Caracalla, Emperor (211-April 8,217). On a campaign in the Parthian Empire, Caracalla was assassinated in 217 AD. By April 11, 217, Macrinus proclaimed himself Emperor of Rome and reigned with his son Diadumenianus. Macrinus Aunt, Julia Maesa encourage her grandson Elagabalus, to over throw Macrinus. At the battle of Antioch, June 218 AD, Macrinus was defeated and later executed in Cappadocia. Later Diadumenianus was captured and executed. Elagabalus be came Emperor 218-222 AD
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Macrinus
Antioch mint in Syria
Ob: AYT K M OP CE MAKRINOC CEB
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: DHMARC EX UPA TO
eagle standing facing wings open, head right on sacrificial animal
Sear Greek 2948, billion tetra drachm, 26.17mm 14.27gm


Caracalla,
AR denarius. Rome. 215 AD.
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right /
P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Serapis standing facing, head left, holding sceptre and raising right hand. RIC 263f; RSC 296; Sear 6772. 19mm 3.2grams



Diadumenian, 1 Assarion, Markianopolis
. M OPELLI ANTWNEINO, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back /
MARKIANO-POLEITWN, Asklepios, standing facing, head left, resting on Serpent-entwined staff.
AMNG I 798; Hristova/Jekov 6.25.20.1; Varbanov 1315; Moushmov 590. 16mm 2.5grams



Julia Maesa
Denarius. 218-220 AD.
IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust right /
FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing left, extending her hand over a child & holding cornucopiae.
RSC 8. RIC 249 18mm 3.7grams



Elagabalus Denarius. 219 AD.
IMP ANTONINVS AVG, laureate draped bust right /
P M TR P II COS II P P, Pax advancing left, holding branch & scepter.
RSC 143. RIC 21 17mm 3.8grams

 

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Thanks for the write up, and nice coins.

MACRINUS

RI Macrinus 217-218 AE25 CE Facing Quadriga

 

Macrinus and his son, heads & tails, from Antioch:

 

Neat coins, @ancient times , and informative write-up! I love the history of the Severan period.

Here are some Macrinus coins. You'll see his portrait comes in both short beard (such as yours) and long beard varieties.


Macrinus, AD 217-218.
Roman AR denarius, 2.94 g, 19.5 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 217.
Obv: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Fides Militum standing facing, head right, right foot on helmet and holding a military standard in each hand.
Refs: RIC 22A; BMCRE 38; Cohen 60; RCV 7345; ERIC II 69.


Macrinus, AD 217-218.
Roman provincial Æ pentassarion, 12.60 g, 27.2 mm, 1 h.
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis, Legate Marcus Claudius Agrippa, AD 218.
Obv: ΑV Κ ΟΠΠΕΛ CΕVΗ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟC, laureate head, right.
Rev: VΠ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC ΙCΤΡΩ, Nude Apollo with crossed legs standing right, his right arm drawn back, his left on a tree trunk, from which a lizard (?) leaps across to him.
Refs: AMNG I 1687; Moushmov 1210; Hristova and Jekov 8.23.7.2; Varbanov 3348; Mionnet Suppl. 2, p. 148, 541.


Macrinus, Augustus AD 217-218.
Roman provincial Æ 19.4 mm, 3.78 g, 12:00.
Syria: Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem.
Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ Ο C ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟC CЄ, laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Large SC, Δ/Є above and beneath; all within laurel wreath interrupted by star above.
Refs: SGI 2949; BMC 20. 198,385; SNG Cop. 233; McAlee 728.

 

MACRINUS
Pentassarion AE28
OBVERSE: AVT K OPEL CEVH MAKREINOC K M OPEL ANTWNEINOC - confronted busts
REVERSE: VP PONTIAN-OV MARKIANO/ POLIT, Coiled serpent with radiate head
Struck at Markianopolis, Moesia Inferior, Magistrate Pontianus; 217 - 218 AD
12.6g, 28mm
Hr & J (2012) 6.24.22.6

MACRINUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate & cuirassed bust with short beard right
REVERSE: PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Securitas standing left, holding scepter & leaning on column
Struck at Rome, 217 AD
3.15, 20mm
RIC 24, RSC 62, BMC 40

MACRINUS
AE 26
OBVERSE: AVT K M OPEL CEVH MAKPINOC, laureate head right
REVERSE: UP AGRIPA (sic) NIKOPOLITWN PROS ISTRWN, Aequitas standing right, holding scales and cornucopiae
Struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum, 217 AD
10.2g, 26mm
Moushmov 1243

MACRINUS
AE 26
OBVERSE: ΑΥ Κ ΟΠΕΛ ΣΕΥ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟΣ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ Κ, laureate head of Macrinus right facing bare headed head of Diadumenian left
REVERSE: ΥΠ ΠΟΝΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩ/Ν, Artemis, huntress, advancing r., reaching for an arrow in quiver at shoulder and in her l. hand holding a bow; below a hound. E to centre l
Struck at Markianopolis, Moesia Inferior, 217 - 218 AD
10.4g, 26mm
Moushmov 532

 

Here is a nice bust of Macrinus with a hint of Caracalla about it.

Cibyra, Phrygia

 

Congratulations for that handsome Macrinus! I don´t have one from Antioch yet...

There are also rare coins with an intermediate beard, such as my avatar Sestertius
(I´ve shown this many times, but I love it):



IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG
Laureate and cuirassed bust right, featuring a medium beard, from the front
PONTIF MAX TR P COS PP S C
Felicitas standing facing, head left, long caduceus in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, drapery over left arm
Sestertius, Rome, 1.Oct.-31.Dec.217
20,51 gr, 32,10 mm
RIC IV 139, Cohen 66, Sear 7386, Clay ("The Roman Coinage of Macrinus and Diadumenian") Sestertius obverse die Nr.2 and reverse Nr.42 (this coin)
ex Prince Waldeck Collection, Auction Münzhandlung Basel 3, 1935 (Lot 730)

 

Diadumenianus from Markianopolis, a very nice small coin!

 

My only Macrinus, with a short beard (posted on CT before). I've read somewhere - not sure whether it's true or not - that Macrinus tried to copy his more illustrious predecessors Marcus Aureliusand Septimus Severus who, with their luxuriant flowing hair would probably have been a very suitable candidates for the Luxeriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists, had the IG-Nobel prize existed in those days. Anyway, during his short reign of 14 months, his beard managed to grow to enviable length, but despite that, he was still executed, and his decapitated head (with beard?) sent to Elagabalus.


Obv: IMP CM OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, bust of Macrinus, laureate, cropped beard, cuirassed to the right.
Rev: SALVS PVBLICA, Salus, draped, seated left on throne with high back, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding sceptre in left hand
Weight 2.45 g, diameter 19mm
Small flan break in the "A" of "AVG"(obv) and "S" of "SALVS" (rev).
RIC 86 (?)

 

ancient times, Nice Tet of Macrinus , & many other fine coins posted on this thread ! The full name of Macrinus is quite a mouth-full isn't it ? I've posted the coin below a number of times but it seem appropriate to post it here too .

 

He really looks like Caracalla there, down to the sneer and everything!

 

RI Didumenian and Macrinus 217-218 CE AE28 Markianopolis mint Serapis

 

Beautiful coin!