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217 AD - MACRINUS denarius
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obv: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG (laureate draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: FIDES MILITVM (Fides standing facing, head right, holding two standards)
ref: RIC67, C.23
2.91gms
Scarce
Marcus Opellius Macrinus was the Emperor for fourteen months in 217 and 218. Macrinus was the first emperor to become so without membership in the senatorial class and the first emperor of Moorish descent.
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