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ID number:  BIRBI-R1426
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Macrinus; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  217-218
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  4.38
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1092. In Paris, 1929.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Macrinus, wearing radiate crown, curiassed, and short-bearded, facing r. Reverse: Salus, draped and seated facing l. on throne with high back, feeding out of patera in r. snake coiled round altar and holding sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ɪMP C M OI'E[ S[V MI\GPINVS A□Ϛ (Imperator Caear, Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus). Reverse: SAL…S FVBLICA (Health of the Public).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 88E

3 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
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Macrinus
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