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<p>[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 4719850, member: 89514"]Larssten,</p><p><br /></p><p>Both SALVS PVBLICA denarii are of Issue 2, yours from near the beginning of the issue, maybe August 217, because of the short beard; Doug's from near the end of the issue, maybe March-April 218, because of the long beard and the broken obv. legend which was typical of Issue 3.</p><p><br /></p><p>Macrinus was a Moor and the first non-senator to ascend the throne. He must have known that his assumption of the title COS II would offend many senators, very few of whom were themselves COS II, and also that turning down that title might win him praise for modesty, an effect which it indeed had in the case of the surviving senatorial historian Dio Cassius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarii dated TR P II COS II are indeed rather rare. That need not mean a very short period of issue, because denarii with the same types but descriptive legends, like your and Doug's SALVS PVBLICA, were probably also being struck at the same time. Asses dated TR P II COS II are by far the commonest asses of Macrinus' reign, very probably because they were a New Year's issue produced in Dec. 217 and distributed in quantity as New Year's gifts on 1 Jan. 218.</p><p><br /></p><p>Issue 2 denarii dated TR P II COS, after the cancellation of COS II, are also rather rare. However two of the five main types of Issue 3 bore the dated legend P M TR P II COS P P, with types of Annona standing and Emperor seated, and are common on denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug, </p><p><br /></p><p>Long-bearded portraits of Macrinus at Nicopolis and Marcianopolis are indeed unusual, but do occur; Cucumbor illustrates one above. Another well-known long-bearded provincial is the large bronze coin of Caesarea showing vis-a-vis portraits of Macrinus and Diadumenian, illustrated for example in Sear's Greek Imperial Coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 4719850, member: 89514"]Larssten, Both SALVS PVBLICA denarii are of Issue 2, yours from near the beginning of the issue, maybe August 217, because of the short beard; Doug's from near the end of the issue, maybe March-April 218, because of the long beard and the broken obv. legend which was typical of Issue 3. Macrinus was a Moor and the first non-senator to ascend the throne. He must have known that his assumption of the title COS II would offend many senators, very few of whom were themselves COS II, and also that turning down that title might win him praise for modesty, an effect which it indeed had in the case of the surviving senatorial historian Dio Cassius. Denarii dated TR P II COS II are indeed rather rare. That need not mean a very short period of issue, because denarii with the same types but descriptive legends, like your and Doug's SALVS PVBLICA, were probably also being struck at the same time. Asses dated TR P II COS II are by far the commonest asses of Macrinus' reign, very probably because they were a New Year's issue produced in Dec. 217 and distributed in quantity as New Year's gifts on 1 Jan. 218. Issue 2 denarii dated TR P II COS, after the cancellation of COS II, are also rather rare. However two of the five main types of Issue 3 bore the dated legend P M TR P II COS P P, with types of Annona standing and Emperor seated, and are common on denarii. Doug, Long-bearded portraits of Macrinus at Nicopolis and Marcianopolis are indeed unusual, but do occur; Cucumbor illustrates one above. Another well-known long-bearded provincial is the large bronze coin of Caesarea showing vis-a-vis portraits of Macrinus and Diadumenian, illustrated for example in Sear's Greek Imperial Coins.[/QUOTE]
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