As - Macrinus PONTIF MAX TR P II COS P P S C; Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	217
Value	As (1⁄32)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	9 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 275164
References	RIC IV.2# 152 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.152 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Macrinus, laureate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG

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

Reverse

Macrinus, in quadriga, holding sceptre in right hand and branch in left hand, left; crowned by victory who stands behind him.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PONTIF MAX TR P II COS P P S C

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Secunda, Consul, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the second time, consul, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (217)

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