bpv_419041 - MACRINUS Tetrassaria
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Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Belle tête de Macrin. Très joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Boule (G. Barré) du 16 octobre 2015, n° 127
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Macrin à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AU K M OPPE SE-U MAKREINOS, (Autokratoros Kaisaros Markos Oppelios Seuhros Makrinos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Opellius Sévère Macrin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus nu jusqu’à la ceinture trônant à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, tenant une phiale de la main droite tendue et un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : UP P FOU PONTIAN-OU NEIKOPOLIT/ PR|OS// ISTRW(Upatewn Publiou Fouriou Pontianou Neikopolitwn Pros Istron)
Reverse translation : (Magistrat Publius Furius Pontianos Nicopolis près d’Istros).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Trou de centrage, visible de chaque côté. Rubans de type 1. Très belle tête.
Heavyweight. Centering hole, visible on each side. Type 1 ribbons. Very nice head
Heavyweight. Centering hole, visible on each side. Type 1 ribbons. Very nice head
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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