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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 4713015, member: 31620"]Here is one that I used to own that Curtis commented on elsewhere back in 2004....</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Macrinus Denarius</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– PONTIF MAX TR P P P, Jupiter, nude, standing front, head left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre</p><p>Minted in Rome, September 217 A.D.</p><p>References:– RIC 2, RSC 70</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments by Curtis Clay:-</p><p>Titles PONTIF MAX TR P P P (no COS) are rare on denarii. No specimens of this coin in Reka Devnia hoard, for example. Combined with medium beard length of portrait increases interest. Macrinus was letting his beard grow and the same coin can also be found with either short or long beard! This is second issue, date c. Sept. 217</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20069a%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 4713015, member: 31620"]Here is one that I used to own that Curtis commented on elsewhere back in 2004.... [B]Macrinus Denarius [/B] Obv:– IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– PONTIF MAX TR P P P, Jupiter, nude, standing front, head left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre Minted in Rome, September 217 A.D. References:– RIC 2, RSC 70 Comments by Curtis Clay:- Titles PONTIF MAX TR P P P (no COS) are rare on denarii. No specimens of this coin in Reka Devnia hoard, for example. Combined with medium beard length of portrait increases interest. Macrinus was letting his beard grow and the same coin can also be found with either short or long beard! This is second issue, date c. Sept. 217 [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20069a%20img.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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