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ID number: BIRBI-R1431 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Macrinus; Diadumenian; Rome Denomination: As Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 217 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 10.70 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1845. Ex. L. G. P. Messenger Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Macrinus, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Salus, seated facing l., holding sceptre in l. and feeding with out of patera in r. snake coiled around altar.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MAC…NVS AVC (Imperator Caesar, Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus). Reverse: VOTΛ PVBL P M YR P (Public Vow, Head of the College of Priests, Tribune). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 131
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