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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     82001044      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Macrinus Date Ruled:     AD 217-218 Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Denarius Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 218 Weight:     2.79 g Die Axis:     12 h Obverse Legend:     IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG Obverse Description:     Laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing medium-length beard Reverse Legend:     PONTIF MAX TR P II COS P P Reverse Description:     Macrinus standing in slow quadriga left, holding eagle-tipped scepter and being crowned by Victory, who stands behind him Mint:     Rome Primary Reference:     RIC 036 Reference2:     RSC 088 Reference3:     Szaivert series 7 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=147500 Grade:     VF, toned, traces of deposits Notes:     Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1044 Rare. The dating and sequence of the coinage of Macrinus has been subject to much discussion, engendered by a curious reversal in his titles. As Curtis Clay noted in "The Roman Coinage of Macrinus and Diadumenian," NZ 93 (1979), pp. 21-40, Macrinus' coins showing one (first) consulship follow the coins showing a second consulship. Apparently his first consular acclamation was an honorary title frequently given to equestrian officials. When he became a true consul in January 218, he was titled consul for the second time on his coinage until he apparently insisted on constitutional correctness. The honest emperor also did not press the claim of having won a victory over the Parthian king Artabanos; he was in fact repeatedly defeated by the invading Persian army, and only staved off disaster by agreeing to a substantial payment of some 15,000,000 drachms to cement a truce. The "Victoria Parthica" and quadriga coin types, and imperial title Parthicus, were therefore short lived phenomena; as ephemeral as his unfortunate reign.

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