Macrinus sestercius

[Vladimir]

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Can anyone please tell how rare  bronze coins with animals on them?

[Robert_Brenchley]

Depends on the coin. Gallienus produced loads, VRBS ROMA wolf & twins comemmoratives are extremely common, there are plenty of others. I don't know how common or otherwise that one is, but someone will tell us.

[mauseus]

Hi,

This piece is a fantasy of Macrinus and (almost) identified by the vendor as such. Even their date for Macrinus is wrong. It is close to a greek imperial coin of that emperor from Laodiceia ad Mare. As to the rarity of the fantasy piece I'm not certain, the provincial prototype is not particularly scarce.

Regards,

Mauseus

[Bacchus]

I'm really glad that a use has been found for this image - and that someone has had a look at my modest galleries.

PS there is a Diadumenian obverse coin using this reverse that I would quite like if anyone ever knows of one 

All the best
Malcolm

PPS - I think that some of the bidders on that original auction did not register the implications of the word 'paduan' either

[Robert_Brenchley]

I should have spotted that, but I had my wife standing over me hassling me!