Macrinus AR Denarius
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
Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis
Macrinus with Diadumenian
Pontianus, legatus consularis
217-218 CE
AE 26.67mm 12.39g
Obverse: AVT K OΠEΛ CEV MAKPEINOC K M OΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC, confronting busts of Macrinus and Diadumenian
Reverse: VΠ ΠΟΝΤΙΑΝΟV ΜΑ-ΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Apollo stading facing, looking right, naked, right hand on head, holding bow in left; to right, serpent coiled round stump of tree; E (mark of value) in left field
Varbanov 1147
165 CE
Approximate birth year of Macrinus in Mauretania.
217 CE
April 8
April 8
217 CE
April 11
April 11
Macrinus is proclaimed emperor and exiles Julia Maesa, her daughters Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea, and her grandson Elagabalus.
217 CE
July
July
Macrinus fights an indecisive effort against the Parthians at the Battle of Nisibis.
218 CE
June
June
Macrinus is captured near Zeugma and is beheaded.
218 CE
June 8
June 8
Legions supporting Elagabalus defeat Macrinus and Diadumenian at the Battle of Antioch.