Aureus - Macrinus PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Felicitas

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 217
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Gold
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC IV.2#20b, OCRE#ric.4.mcs.20b
Obverse description Bust of Macrinus, laureate, long bearded, draped, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IMP CM OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG
(Translation: Imperator Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding long caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P
(Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul, father of the nation.)
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Mintage ND (217) - -
Numisquare ID 1510682880
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