Details
LOT 3640
Macrinus AE Sestertius. AD 217. Rome mint.
IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Fides standing facing, head to right, with foot set on helmet, holding standard in each hand; S C in exergue. RIC IV 141; Banti 28. Near Extremely Fine. Tooled and smoothed.(22.77gr, 31mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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