Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right, wearing short beard. Reverse: Salus seated left, holding scepter and feeding from patera a serpent coiled around and rising from altar to left.

Macrinus, praetorian prefect under Caracalla, seized power after orchestrating his emperor's murder in April 217 and became the first equestrian to hold the purple, though he would fall to Elagabalus's forces just over a year later.

Salus, the personification of health and public welfare, was a standard reassurance on imperial coinage, her serpent and altar borrowed from the iconography of Asclepian healing cult.

Toned, granular surfaces, heavy cleaning and smoothing scratches.

Toned, granular surfaces, minor marks, flan crack

Lightly toned, lustrous surface with a flan crack and minor deposit on reverse.

Lightly toned with a couple of flan cracks, extensive cracks, and scratches.

Toned with cleaning scratches and verdigris.

Toned with some iridescence, flan crack, some metal flaws

Slightly granular surfaces with flan crack

Lightly toned with light die wear on obverse and traces of deposits.

Laureate and cuirassed bust with short beard.

Toned with minor deposits. Struck with a worn reverse die.

Toned with porosity, minor deposits and scratches

Lightly toned, granular surfaces, flan crack

Attractively toned with some iridescence, some light obverse deposits.

A hint of toning, minor verdigris on the obverse, a few light scratches.

Lightly toned with some iridescence, a few minor deposits

Iridescent tone, die rust and a scratch on obverse, some deposits

Some porosity, hairline flan crack, die rust on reverse

Lightly toned with minor die wear and faint cleaning marks on obverse.

Lustrous surfaces with sharp strike. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust with older features and long beard on obverse. Securitas standing with legs crossed, holding scepter and leaning on column on reverse.


12/18/24	$110	F	CNG	— 0%
10/23/24	$170	VF	CNG	▼ −25%
4/3/24	$600	VF	CNG	▲ +163%
4/3/24	$200	VF	CNG	▼ −12%
1/15/24	$192	VF	Stack's Bowers	▼ −16%

Denarius of MacrinusRIC IV 86

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