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ID number: BIRBI-R1427 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: 217-218 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.29 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3933. A. H. Baldwin, 1962. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Macrinus, wearing laurel wreath, curiassed, and long-bearded, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped and standing facing l., legs crossed, holding sceptre in r. and resting l. arm on column.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS ΛVG (Imperator Caear, Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus). Reverse: SECVRITAS TEMPORVM (Security of the Age).
Bibliography: RIC IV 91B
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