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| Starting price : | 200 € |
| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 275 € |
| Maximum bid : | 350 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 August 2026 15:24:32 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 217
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 23,49 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M OPEL. SEV MACRINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Macrin à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Marc Opellius Sévère Macrin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AEQVITAS AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Æquitas (l’Équité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Æquitas Augusti”, (L’Équité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Lightweight
Lightweight
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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