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v13_0476 - MACRINUS Tétradrachme syro-phénicien

MACRINUS Tétradrachme syro-phénicien VF
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 121.96 €
Estimate : 243.92 €
Realised price : 147.11 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 228.67 €
Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Gabala, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 12,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Usure importante, mais pièce parfaitement lisible
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire est le 1089_008 de la base TSP

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Macrin à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUT [KAI M] O. MAKRINOS, (Autokrator Kaisaros Markos Opellios Makrinos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Opellius Macrin).

Reverse


Reverse description : Aigle debout de face, les ailes déployées, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant une couronne dans son bec ; dans le champ à droite, une branche de palmier ;entre les pattes un croissant au-dessus d’un crabe vu de face.
Reverse legend : DHMARC. EX. UPATOS PP, (Dhmarcikhs Ex Upatos Patri Patridos)
Reverse translation : (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul père de la patrie).

Commentary


M. Prieur a relevé au total 12 tétradrachmes pour la période 215-218 dont 8 pour le seul Macrin. L’attribution repose sur le symbole figurant entre les pattes de l’aigle qui serait le symbole astrologique de la cité (Cancer). Gabala, fondée par les Aradiens, était une étape commerciale sur la route qui reliait Laodicée à Arados et Epiphaneia. Sa prospérité reposait aussi sur ses ressources agricoles et la trace de nombreux monuments romains a été attestée.
Mr. Prieur noted a total of 12 tetradrachms for the period 215-218, including 8 for Macrinus alone. The attribution is based on the symbol appearing between the eagle's legs, which is said to be the astrological symbol of the city (Cancer). Gabala, founded by the Aradians, was a commercial stopover on the road that linked Laodicea to Arados and Epiphaneia. Its prosperity also relied on its agricultural resources, and the trace of numerous Roman monuments has been attested.

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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