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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2380132, member: 42634&quot;]Finally got a coin of macrinus, plus it came in syrian tet flavor...which i dig.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_8413_zps6x3u4p9j.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_8413_zps6x3u4p9j.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/100_8413_zps6x3u4p9j.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Macrinus, 217-218 AD. AR Tetradrachm </font></p><p>O: laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: eagle standing facing, head left, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate and draped bust of Shamash left. Prieur 1015. 27 mm, 12.9 g </p><p><br /></p><p>i assumed the little guy below the eagle was sol, but i guess it&#039;s shamash...he was a mesopotamian (in origin anyway) sun god, so pretty similar to sol or maybe closer to mithra.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://galileu.globo.com/edic/168/imagens/sol_15.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>feel free to post any coins of macrinus![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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