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RIC Volume V, Part II - Macrianus
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Macrianus, AR Antoninianus, 260-261, Antioch
IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG
Radiate, cuirassed bust right
AP_OLINI CONSERVA
Apollo standing left, branch in right hand, left hand resting on lyre
19mm x 22mm, 4.14g
RIC V, Part II, 6 (R2)
Note: S in reverse legend is shaped as a retrograde Z
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Macrianus, AR Antoninianus, 260-261, Antioch
IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG
Radiate, cuirassed bust right
ROMAE AETERNAE
Roma seated left on shield, Victory in right hand, spear in left
22mm x 23mm, 4.12g
RIC V, Part II, 11 (R2)
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Macrianus, AR Antoninianus, 260-261, Antioch (?), Samosata (?)
IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG
Radiate, cuirassed bust right
ROMAE AETERNAE
Roma seated left on shield, Victory in right hand, spear in left
20mm x 23mm, 4.36g
RIC V, Part II, 11 (R2)
Note: The style of this piece is clearly different from the usual Antioch mint issues and may be a different eastern mint. In
Göbl's work "Moneta Imperii Romanii" covering the Macrianus and Quietus issues, on p. 125 there are a few examples for
Macrianus and Quietus with the same style as this coin. Note the shape of the Ms especially and the middle legs are joined and
only run half-way the length of the letter, as opposed to the more commonly found split-leg M with all even lengths.
Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a published proposal for an alternative mint for this issue, although I have heard
the Samosata mint in what is now Southeastern Turkey may have been in operation for these. Also, I could not find any
examples on-line of this extremely rare type, so the published examples by Göbl are the only ones to which I could
compare.
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