Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 426 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$1750 / Price 
                  Realized: US$2000 
                  Macrinus. Copper as 



             



            Macrinus. (217-218 AD). Copper as (12.92 gm). Rome, c. January 218 
            AD. 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 (30 Fr.). RIC 152 (Rare). Olive patina. Extremely fine. 

            This type commemorates the consulship that Macrinus assumed on 1 
            January 218 while still absent in Syria. The legend calls Macrinus 
            COS II, but this was an error: the emperor had decided to content 
            himself with the title COS in 218, but the mint had not yet learned 
            of his decision. See C. Clay, “Coinage of Macrinus,” Numismatische 
            Zeitschrift 93 (1979). 




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  ... Lot 426 sold for high bid of $2000 [ $2300, or approx 1777.9 EUR, 1173 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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