bpv_570211 - MACRINUS Assarion
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis, ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,29 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, échancré. Belle tête de Macrin. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Macrin à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K M OPELI - SE MAKRINOS, (Autokratoros Kaisaros Markos Oppelios Seuhros Makrinos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Opel Sévère Macrin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Massue posée verticalement.
Reverse legend : NIKOPOLITWN PROS ISTRo, (Nikopolis Pros Istrwn)
Reverse translation : (Nicopolis près d’Istros).
Commentary
Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque aux principaux ouvrages consultés.
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from the main works consulted
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from the main works consulted
Historical background
MACRINUS
(11/04/217-8/06/218)
Macrin was born in 164 in Cherchell in Mauretania. He is not a senator, but a knight, of indigenous (Moorish) origin. Procurator of the "res privata" (private fund of the Emperor) of Caracalla, he then became prefect of the Praetorium from 212. After the assassination of Caracalla on April 8, 217, he was acclaimed emperor on April 11. He will never come to Rome and remains in Antioch. He deifies Caracalla, but exiles Julia Domna, who lets herself die. He takes the title of Severus to rally the supporters of the Severian family to him and gives the prænomen of Antoninus to his son, Diadumenian, promoted to Caesar. Trying to conciliate everyone, he runs into the army, which misses Caracalla. Soldiers quartered in Emesa proclaimed Elagabalus on May 16, 218. Defeated in June, Macrinus fled. Hearing of the death of Diaduménien, he tries to commit suicide by throwing himself from his chariot and is finished off by his own soldiers..
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