Mat, the coin was a 99 cent special, basically a rock when I got it. I started working on it and got some detail to come up. I am not done with it yet. At any rate it can be enjoyed for what it is and once was, now.
Thanks Randy, its not the silver denari types we like. But any bronze you can bring back to life, is worth doing. Do you have your eyes on any new ancients for your collection today ?
LOL... Well when did we ever let lack of funds interfere with the hobby of kings ???? Silly me, I know how it goes.
While denarii of Macrinus are nice, he is one emperor you can save a lot on by buying a provincial. The same goes even more for his son Diadumenian who is really pricey in denarius form. A popular series for the pair are the vis-a-vis coins of the Moesian towns like this from Marcianopolis.
Very cool one Ripley, good job cleaning her up, and a very good buy for .99c. I still don't have any coins of Macrinus, I would like to get an AR antoninianus of him, as well as a Syro-Phoenician Silver Tetradrachm they are quite expensive though. I have several beautiful Antoninianii of Caracalla and Elagabalus, and would like a Macrinus to bridge the gap.... one of these days.... A Diadumenian Antoninianus or tet would be amazing to have a nice example of.
Yeah Cucumbor that's a great portrait, I really like the cuirassed bust, you can even see the slightly worn decorations around the collar and on the shoulder. Beautiful bust, what a fantastic coin, normally I don't fancy the bronze provincials, but with a bust like that, I very much like it. There are some great busts of him and the Severan dynasty on some provincials I have seen, I just don't know too much about them. How much does that coin weigh? and do you know the denomination?
While Cucumbor's lovey Macrinus is not one of them, several of the Moesian city coins have a denomination mark. My vis-a-vis above has the E in the reverse field marking this as a 5 assarion coin. Other common ones are 4, 3 an 1 with 2 being less so but not all are marked and the same system is not found places far away so it really is not safe to talk much about denomination names. I really like a few coins of the region that show a half denominition (4 1/2 and 1 1/2) which I believe were issued to facilitate moneychanging where the buy and sell prices for foreign exchange needed the different values. Keep an eye open for a coin wth < next to the denomination Greek numeral.
To answer your question rexesq, I can add this : Bronze struck in Nicopolis AVT KM .... H MAKRINOC, Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right V M AGRIPPA NIKOPOLITWNPROC IC TR, Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia and rudder 14.26 gr Ref : ANMG #1710
