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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6324112, member: 85693&quot;]A while back I posted an Antioch AE of Macrinus, and Al Kowalsky had some interesting things about the denominations/sizes of that era:</p><p><br /></p><p>My post:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>I recently got another Macrinus - an &quot;SC&quot; AE from Antioch. Now I have two! This features what I believe is the longer beard.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had some trouble attributing it because I was unable to get an exact match on the obverse legend. Or did I? A bit confused, which is often the case with me and Roman Provincials <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/macrinus-antioch-sc-jan-2020-0-jpg.1060291/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>Macrinus Æ 18</b></p><p><b>(217-218 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis &amp; Pieria</b></p><p><b>Antiochia ad Orontem</b></p><p>AVT K M O CE MAKΡINOCC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / SC in wreath fastened with star, Δ above, Є below.</p><p>McAlee 723c. BMC386 (var.)</p><p>(7.52 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Note:</b></p><p>The short obverse legend shows up on several examples online, but these were the lighter-weight examples (around 5 grams). I was unable to get an exact match with a full, clear attribution for a large one. Maybe they are the same? (Jan. 2020).</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Al&#039;s comments (I do not know how to work the Coin Talk &quot;quote&quot; function or member citations, so if anybody wants to give me a tutorial, that&#039;d be great.&nbsp; Hopefully Al sees this - he knows a lot about these): </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>M.M., Your coin by visual comparison sure looks like McAlee 723c, however, the coin he illustrates weighs only 3.6 gm <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. He does illustrate an <i><b>Aes</b></i> coin (722a) 22 mm with a weight of 6.47 gm, listed as Ex. Rare. All the 723 coins a-d are listed as V. Rare. He does add an interesting footnote to 722a: &quot;This unique coin appears to be a transitional type, similar in size &amp; weight to the asses of Caracalla. Apparently there was a small initial issue of bronze coins on the weight standard of Caracalla (weighing c. 7 g) prior to the introduction of coinage to the reduced standard (c. 4 g).&quot; I don&#039;t know if McAlee&#039;s speculation with this footnote holds water since all these coins are so rare <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Was the weight standard on these small bronze coins tightly held, with so few examples to draw from it&#039;s hard to conclude.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Link to that post: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/billon-tetradrachm-of-emperor-macrinus.352988/page-2" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/billon-tetradrachm-of-emperor-macrinus.352988/page-2">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/billon-tetradrachm-of-emperor-macrinus.352988/page-2</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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