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ID number:  BIRBI-R1428
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):  2.05
Weight (g):  2.85
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 142. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Macrinus, wearing laurel wreath, curiassed, and long-bearded, facing r. Reverse: Victory, walking facing r., holding wreath in extended r. and palm in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C M OPEL SEV MAGRINVá´— AVG (Imperator Caear, Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIΛ PARTHICA (Victory over the Parthians).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 97B

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Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Macrinus
Roman
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