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Aureus - Macrinus PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P; Felicitas

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 217
Value Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Gold
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
274986
References RIC IV.2# 20c
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1938. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.2. Macrinus – Pupienus (AD 217–238). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.4.mcs.20c
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Macrinus, laureate, long bearded, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CM OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding long caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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