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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 2029756, member: 13719&quot;]Got a neat little coin in the mail today. Has a lot going for it that I like, though condition is lacking. It cost me $16.60. I wanted coin of Macrinus and Diadumenian; 2 birds for one coin! It has a nice patina (in hand at least) is from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren and a rare bust variant as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]369181[/ATTACH] </p><p>Macrinus, 11 April 217 - 8 June 218 A.D., Antioch, Syria</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze provincial as, McAlee 736; Hunter III, 243 - 244; BMC Galatia p. 200, 403 ff. var (busts); SNG Cop 234 var (same), aF, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 2.175g, maximum diameter 17.8mm, die axis 180o, obverse AYT KAI M O CE MAKPINOC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, from the front; reverse KAI M O ∆IA ANTΩNEINOC, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, seen from the front, S - C flanking across field; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren; very rare bust variant;</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The Battle of Antioch. After Macrinus foolishly cut legionary pay, Legio III Gallica hailed Elagabalus as emperor on 16 May 218. Macrinus sent cavalry but they too joined Elagabalus. Macrinus finally abandoned his pay cut and paid a bonus, but it was too late. Legion II Parthica defected. General Gannys, the commander of Elagabalus&#039; forces, decisively defeated Macrinus was just outside Antioch on 8 June 218. Macrinus shaved off his hair and beard and fled, disguised as a member of the military police. He was recognized by a centurion at Chalcedon on the Bosporus, taken back to Antioch and executed.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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