Macrinus (A.D.217-218), Aureus, mint of Rome, December A.D.217, 7.2 g., 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, holding branch and eagle topped sceptre, being crowned by Victory, COS PP in exergue (cf.RIC.36; cf.BMC.p.503* for Denarii of this type; cf.C.88), slightly bent and scraped on the obverse, otherwise about extremely fine and apparantly unique

Details

Macrinus (A.D.217-218), Aureus, mint of Rome, December A.D.217, 7.2 g., 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, holding branch and eagle topped sceptre, being crowned by Victory, COS PP in exergue (cf.RIC.36; cf.BMC.p.503* for Denarii of this type; cf.C.88), slightly bent and scraped on the obverse, otherwise about extremely fine and apparantly unique

Provenance

"Property of a Lady", Christie's, London, 9 October 1984, lot 113

Lot Essay

Coins of Macrinus are very rare in gold, and scarce in other metals. This type, dated to December 217 by the reverse legend, is recorded only in silver. The same type but with the reverse reading COS II, a title which Macrinus assumed on 1 January 218, is known in gold.

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