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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |The Severan Period| ▸ |Macrinus||View Options:   | | | Macrinus was the Praetorian prefect during the reign of the murderous Caracalla. Macrinus arranged Caracalla's assassination and he and his son Diadumenian seized power and were accepted by the senate. Macrinus concluded an unfavorable peace with the Persians. This disgrace, magnified by propaganda of Julia Maesa, Caracalla's aunt, inspired the Syrian legions to revolt. In the ensuing conflict Macrinus was defeated. He fled, only to be betrayed and executed. |
Annona was worshiped in Rome for providing the annual supply of grain. She was represented on an altar in the capital. The three principal granaries of Rome were Sicily, Egypt, and the African provinces. Annona civilis was the grain purchased each year by the state, imported, put into storage reserve, and then distributed for the subsistence of the people. Annona militaris was grain appropriated to the use of an army during a campaign.SH33741. Silver denarius, RIC IV 26, RSC III 47, superb EF, weight 3.216 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 217 A.D.; obverse IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse P M TR P II COS P P (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power for two years, consul, father of the country), Annona standing left, stalks of grain in right hand over overflowing modius at feet on left, cornucopia in left; wonderful portrait, lustrous; SOLD
Liberality is personified by the image of a woman, holding in one hand a counting board, or square tablet with a handle on which are cut a certain number of holes. These boards were used to quickly count the proper number of coins or other items for distribution to each person. It appears they were held over a container, covered with coins and the excess swept away back into the container. The proper number of coins would fill the holes and then would be dumped out to the recipient. On coins this symbol indicated the prince had given to the people money, grain, or other articles of consumption. In the other hand she holds a cornucopia, to indicate the abundance of wheat contained in the public granaries.SH33746. Silver denarius, RIC IV 78, RSC III 41, superb EF, weight 4.106 g, maximum diameter 19.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, obverse IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse LIBERALITAS AVG (the generosity of the Emperor), Liberalitas standing half-left, coin counting board in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; sharp!; SOLD
Macrinus, 11 April 217 - 8 June 218 A.D., Emesa, Syria
RY08009. Silver tetradrachm, Prieur 1004, Bellinger Syrian 208 var, EF, sharp, weight 12.73 g, maximum diameter 24.7 mm, die axis 0o, Emesa (Homs, Syria) mint, 217 - 218 A.D.; obverse AVT K M OΠ CE ••• MAKPINOC CE - [•B•], laureate head right; reverse ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATOC Π Π (holder of Tribunitian power, consul, father of the country), facing eagle, wings open, head left, wreath in beak, O beneath eagles head, radiate head of Helios left between legs; ex Superior Coin, 6/84, #1694, ex Jonathan Kern; SOLD
This coin is dedicated to the goddess Fides for her good quality of preserving the public peace by keeping the army true to its allegiance.RS15318. Silver antoninianus, RSC III 27a, RIC IV 69, SRCV II 7322, BMCRE V 13 var. (bust also draped, from behind), Hunter III -, VF, weight 4.768 g, maximum diameter 21.5 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, May - Jul 217 A.D.; obverse IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front; reverse FIDES MILIT (the loyalty of the soldiers), Fides standing facing, head left, holding standard in each hand, flanked by two additional standards; rare; SOLD
This coin was dedicated to Jupiter the protector. Jupiter or Jove, Zeus to the Greeks, was the king of the gods and god of the sky and thunder, and of laws and social order. As the patron deity of ancient Rome, he was the chief god of the Capitoline Triad, with his sister and wife Juno. The father of Mars, he is, therefore, the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. Emperors frequently made vows to Jupiter for protection. The Roman's believed as the king of the gods, Jupiter favored emperors and kings, those in positions of authority similar to his own.RS21678. Silver denarius, RIC IV 73, RSC II 33, BMCRE V 68, Hunter III 28, SRCV II 7338 var. (bust), Choice EF, excellent portrait and centering on a nice round flan, frosty fields, weight 2.811 g, maximum diameter 19.6 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 218 A.D.; obverse IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, from front; reverse IOVI CONSERVATORI (to Jupiter the protector), Jupiter standing slightly left, head left, nude, thunderbolt in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand; scarce; SOLD
Caracalla was assassinated near Carrhae on 8 April 217, while urinating on a roadside. When his escort gave him privacy to relieve himself, Julius Martialis, an officer of his personal bodyguard, ran forward and killed Caracalla with a single sword stroke. Martialis fled on horseback, but was killed by a bodyguard archer. Herodian says Caracalla had executed Martialis' brother a few days earlier on an unproven charge. Cassius Dio says that Martialis was resentful at not being promoted to the rank of centurion. Macrinus, the Praetorian Guard Prefect, who succeeded him as emperor, may have arranged the assassination.SH32527. Silver denarius, RIC IV 76, RSC III 37, BMCRE V 20, SRCV II 7337, Hunter III -, Choice aEF, excellent short beard portrait with young features, well centered, weight 2.807 g, maximum diameter 19.4 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 217 A.D.; obverse IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, from front; reverse IOVI CONSERVATORI (to Jupiter the protector), Jupiter standing slightly left, nude but for chlamys over arms, thunderbolt in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left, small figure of Macrinus at feet before him; SOLD
SH33435. Silver denarius, RIC IV 4, RSC III 79, gVF+, weight 3.710 g, maximum diameter 20.7 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 217 A.D.; obverse IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right; reverse PONTIF MAX TR P P P (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power, father of the country), Felicitas standing left, long caduceus in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; scarce, earliest portrait with very short beard, excellent centering; scarce; SOLD
Providentia (foresight) was an important moral and philosophical abstraction in Roman discourse. Cicero says it is one of the three main components of prudentia, "the knowledge of things that are good or bad or neither," along with memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding). The reverse legend dedicates this coin to the providence of the gods.SH77608. Silver denarius, RIC IV 80; RSC III 108; BMCRE V p. 506, 73; Hunter III 30; SRCV II 7361, Choice aEF, mint luster, excellent portrait, full circles centering, weight 3.173 g, maximum diameter 22.3 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 3rd issue, Mar - Jun 218 A.D.; obverse IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse PROVIDENTIA DEORVM (to the foresight of the gods), Providentia standing slightly left, head left, baton in right hand, held over globe at feet on left, cornucopia in left hand; SOLD
This coin was dedicated to Jupiter the protector. Jupiter or Jove, Zeus to the Greeks, was the king of the gods and god of the sky and thunder, and of laws and social order. As the patron deity of ancient Rome, he was the chief god of the Capitoline Triad, with his sister and wife Juno. The father of Mars, he is, therefore, the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. Emperors frequently made vows to Jupiter for protection. The Roman's believed as the king of the gods, Jupiter favored emperors and kings, those in positions of authority similar to his own.SH33558. Silver denarius, RIC IV 73, RSC III 33a, BMCRE V 68, Hunter III 28, SRCV II 7338 var. (bust), EF, excellent portrait, well centered, mint luster, weight 3.092 g, maximum diameter 20.2 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 217 - 218 A.D.; obverse IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, from front; reverse IOVI CONSERVATORI (to Jupiter the protector), Jupiter standing facing, head left, nude, thunderbolt in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand; SOLD
Salus was the Roman goddess of health. She was Hygieia to the Greeks, who believed her to be the daughter of Aesculapius, the god of medicine and healing, and Epione, the goddess of soothing of pain. Her father Asclepius learned the secrets of keeping death at bay after observing one snake bringing another snake healing herbs. Woman seeking fertility, the sick, and the injured slept in his temples in chambers where non-poisonous snakes were left to crawl on the floor and provide healing.SH33108. Silver denarius, SRCV II 7363, RIC IV 85, Choice EF, weight 3.436 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 217 A.D.; obverse IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right with short beard; reverse SALVS PVBLICA (health of the public), Salus seated left feeding snake, she holds the snake in her extended right hand, patera containing food in her left hand close to her body, lit altar at feet before her; nice centering, excellent portrait; SOLD
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