Macrinus (AD 217-218), Gold Aureus, mint of Rome, December AD 217, 7.2 gms., IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. PONTIF MAX TR P II, Macrinus in slow quadriga moving left, being crowned by Victory and holding branch and sceptre, COS PP in exergue (cf RIC 36; cf BMC p.503* for Denarii of this type), some obverse high points scuffed and very slightly bent but struck on a broad planchet, extremely fine and unique

Details
Macrinus (AD 217-218), Gold Aureus, mint of Rome, December AD 217, 7.2 gms., IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. PONTIF MAX TR P II, Macrinus in slow quadriga moving left, being crowned by Victory and holding branch and sceptre, COS PP in exergue (cf RIC 36; cf BMC p.503* for Denarii of this type), some obverse high points scuffed and very slightly bent but struck on a broad planchet, extremely fine and unique
Provenance
"Property of a Lady", Christie's London, 1984, lot 113