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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3005668, member: 57495"]Thanks! I have just three coins of Macrinus, so don’t consider myself qualified to give a tutorial, but in my opinion, he’s an emperor of no great historical importance and his coins are generally speaking not so interesting that the general collector will desire many of them. Macrinus specialists should feel free to pillory me now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I think he does cut a nice portrait on some of his coins. If his imperial coins seem pricier than the average coin of the Severan period, I think it’s a combination of relative scarcity (even though they’re far from rare) and the fact they’re often in fairly high grade. His provincial coins are quite common and be pretty affordable. My Nicopolis was around $65 including shipping. Confronted bust issues with his son Diadumenian like the one Alegandron showed above are a nice way to check off two boxes at once, especially since junior’s imperial coins are a few times more rare than dad’s and typically more expensive by the same factor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s my Mac denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]744598[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3005668, member: 57495"]Thanks! I have just three coins of Macrinus, so don’t consider myself qualified to give a tutorial, but in my opinion, he’s an emperor of no great historical importance and his coins are generally speaking not so interesting that the general collector will desire many of them. Macrinus specialists should feel free to pillory me now :D. That said, I think he does cut a nice portrait on some of his coins. If his imperial coins seem pricier than the average coin of the Severan period, I think it’s a combination of relative scarcity (even though they’re far from rare) and the fact they’re often in fairly high grade. His provincial coins are quite common and be pretty affordable. My Nicopolis was around $65 including shipping. Confronted bust issues with his son Diadumenian like the one Alegandron showed above are a nice way to check off two boxes at once, especially since junior’s imperial coins are a few times more rare than dad’s and typically more expensive by the same factor. Here’s my Mac denarius. [ATTACH=full]744598[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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