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                        Lot: 411

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                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Macrinus. AD 217-218. AE as (12.92 gm).

                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Macrinus (AD 217-218). Copper as (12.92 
                        gm). Rome, ca. January AD 218. IMP CAES M OPEL SEV 
                        MACRINVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from 
                        front, with medium to long beard / PONTIF MAX TR P II 
                        COS II P P S C, emperor, holding branch and eagle-tipped 
                        scepter, in quadriga left, crowned by Victory standing 
                        behind him. BMCRE 134. Cohen 107. RIC 152. Black patina. 
                        Extremely fine 

                        This type commemorates the consulship which Macrinus, 
                        still absent in Syria, assumed on 1 January 218. Since 
                        Macrinus previously had been granted only the consular 
                        ornaments, he decided to call this real consulship his 
                        first rather than his second. However, the mint at Rome 
                        only learned of this decision later, accordingly 
                        reverting from the unwanted COS II, as on this coin, to 
                        simple COS (see C. Clay, "Coinage of Macrinus," NZ 93, 
                        1979, pp. 26-28). 
                        Estimated Value: $ 2,000 




...Lot was unsold.
 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

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