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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4622093, member: 99456"]A nice bargain [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER]! I'm in the [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] camp on this...here's one I had no intention of buying, but the price was right and I liked the capricorn which seems to have been a popular theme for Parium going back to Augustus:</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1144305[/ATTACH] Marcus Opellius Macrinus</b>, 217-218 AD, Parium, Mysia, AE (22.5mm, 7.09g)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, border of dots</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Capricorn right, extending front legs to hold globe, cornucopia above back; C G I H P below, border of dots</p><p><b>Ref:</b> <a href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=106&pid=13405" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=106&pid=13405" rel="nofollow">AMC 13405</a>, RPC Online missing?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>What is the C G I H P? </b>The "H" was added for Hadrian, to recognize his generosity to the city of Parium, the "H" was added to read <b>C</b>olonia <b>G</b>emella <b>I</b>ulia <i><b>H</b>adriana</i> <b>P</b>ariana.</p><p><br /></p><p>Macrinus was born in 164 in Caesarea, Mauritania. He managed the "res privata" of Caracalla and in 212 became prefect of the praetorian guard. He was declared emperor on 11-April-217 days after Caracalla's death. The first non-senator emperor and the first emperor from Mauritania. He took the title of "Severus" to garner support from the Severan family. Apparently that didn't work, as Julia Maesa had her son, Elagabalus, declared emperor, and shortly after 8-June-218, Macrinus and his son Diadumenian were dead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4622093, member: 99456"]A nice bargain [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER]! I'm in the [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] camp on this...here's one I had no intention of buying, but the price was right and I liked the capricorn which seems to have been a popular theme for Parium going back to Augustus: [B][ATTACH=full]1144305[/ATTACH] Marcus Opellius Macrinus[/B], 217-218 AD, Parium, Mysia, AE (22.5mm, 7.09g) [B]Obv:[/B] IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS, bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, border of dots [B]Rev:[/B] Capricorn right, extending front legs to hold globe, cornucopia above back; C G I H P below, border of dots [B]Ref:[/B] [URL='https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=106&pid=13405']AMC 13405[/URL], RPC Online missing? [B]What is the C G I H P? [/B]The "H" was added for Hadrian, to recognize his generosity to the city of Parium, the "H" was added to read [B]C[/B]olonia [B]G[/B]emella [B]I[/B]ulia [I][B]H[/B]adriana[/I] [B]P[/B]ariana. Macrinus was born in 164 in Caesarea, Mauritania. He managed the "res privata" of Caracalla and in 212 became prefect of the praetorian guard. He was declared emperor on 11-April-217 days after Caracalla's death. The first non-senator emperor and the first emperor from Mauritania. He took the title of "Severus" to garner support from the Severan family. Apparently that didn't work, as Julia Maesa had her son, Elagabalus, declared emperor, and shortly after 8-June-218, Macrinus and his son Diadumenian were dead.[/QUOTE]
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