Rome, AD 217-218
3.58g, 20mm, 12h
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left, feeding snake coiled around altar.
RIC IV 85; BMCRE 75; RSC 114a
Ex collection of Z.P., Austria
Ex Roma
217 CE
April 11
April 11
Macrinus is proclaimed emperor and exiles Julia Maesa, her daughter Julia Soaemias, and her grandson Elagabalus.
218 CE
June 8
June 8
Legions supporting Elagabalus defeat Macrinus and Diadumenian at the Battle of Antioch.