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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Macrinus| > SH33746
Macrinus, 11 April 217 - 8 June 218 A.D.
|Macrinus|, |Macrinus,| |11| |April| |217| |-| |8| |June| |218| |A.D.|, 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, Rome mint, weight 4.106g, maximum diameter 19.9mm, die axis 180o, 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










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