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ID number: BIRBI-R1419 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Macrinus; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 218 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 3.57 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 186. Spink, 1916. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Macrinus, wearing laurel wreath, draped and long-bearded, facing r. Reverse: Annona, draped and standing facing l., holding corn-ears and cornucopiae; at her feet, modius containing corn-ears.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS ΛVG (Imperator Caesar, Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus). Reverse: P M IΠ ץ ıI COS P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Second Time, Consul, Father of the Fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC IV 26A
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