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| Estimate : | 90 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 13 January 2026 15:20:28 |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 217-218
Mint name / Town : Amphipolis, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 6,25 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli buste. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Macrin à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : AUT. K. M. OP. SE. - MAKRINOS (Autokrator Kaisaros Markos Opellios Makrinos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Opellius Macrin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tyché d’Amphipolis assise à gauche tenant une matère et un aigle debout sur un globe.
Reverse legend : AMFIPOLEITWN
Reverse translation : (D’Amphipolis).
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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