Description
Macrinus, Sestertius, 217-218, Rome
RIC IV Macrinus 189.
Obv.: IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, Bust of Macrinus, laureate, cuirassed, right.
Rev.: IOVI CONSERVATORI S C, Jupiter, nude with cloak over both arms, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; on left, small figure of Macrinus, standing.
27.66 g
34.4 mm
Smoothing and tooling.
Ex. Heritage Auctions, Auction 3061 (7 January 2018), lot 29399 (Hammered 1800$US); Ex.Fritz Rudolf Künker, Auction 273 (14 March 2016), lot 849
(Hammered 5000€)
; Ex. Dr. Rousset Collection, Hirsch 30 (Munich, 1911), lot 1104; Ex. Bourgey (Paris, 24 April 1908), lot 341.______________________________
