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ID number: BIRBI-R1432 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Macrinus; Diadumenian; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 217-218 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.40 Weight (g): 28.52 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1844. Ex. L. G. P. Messenger Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Macrinus, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, and long-bearded facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped and standing facing l., legs crossed, holding sceptre in r. and resting l. elbow on column.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CEES M OPEL SEV NACRINVS ^…G (Imperator Caesar, Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus). Reverse: SE[VRITAS TEMPORVM S C (Security of the Age; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 202B
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