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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2792872, member: 75937&quot;]This father and son pair from the same mint make a nice little set. Share your Mac and Di coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]649244[/ATTACH]</p><p>Macrinus, Augustus AD 217-218</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 19 mm, 3.80 g, 12:00</p><p>Syria: Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ Ο C ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟC CЄ, laureate and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Large SC, Δ/Є above and beneath; all within laurel wreath interrupted by star above</p><p>Refs: SGI 2949; BMC 20. 198,385; SNG Cop. 233; McAlee 728</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]649251[/ATTACH]</p><p>Diadumenian, Caesar AD 217-218</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 16.5 mm, 4.63 g, 11:00</p><p>Syria: Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem</p><p>Obv: ΚΑΙ Μ Ο ΔΙA ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC CЄ, bare-headed and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Large SC, Δ/Є above and beneath; all within laurel wreath interrupted by star above</p><p>Refs: SGI 3017; BMC 20. 201,408; SNG Cop. 235; McAlee 745a</p><p><br /></p><p>Though only 10 years of age, Diadumenian shared his father&#039;s fate in June, AD 218, when he was put to death by supporters of this fellow, the rival emperor, Elagabalus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]649258[/ATTACH]</p><p>Elababalus, AD 218-222</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 19 mm, 4.56 g, 7:00</p><p>Obv: AVT ΚΑΙ ΜA ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, radiate head right</p><p>Rev: Large SC; ΔЄ above, eagle beneath; all within laurel wreath</p><p>Refs: SNG Cop 245; BMC 20. 203, 426[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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