Details
LOT 3112
Macrinus AE As. AD 217-218.
Rome mint; struck AD 217. IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; seen from rear / VOTA PVBL P M TR P, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand and flanked by two more standards; S C across lower fields. RIC IV.2 129; BMCRE 98. Near Very Fine. Dark green patina. Very Rare.(9.99gr, 27mm, 12h).
Provenance
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman;
Acquired from David Miller, January 2016.
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