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A silver denarius of the emperor Macrinus with a reverse showing Salus seated Coin Type: Silver denarius of Macrinus, 217-218 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 217-218 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 2.33g
Obverse: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; older features with long beard.
Reverse: SALVS PVBLICA
Salus seated left, reaching forward and grasping with right hand at shoulder height snake which rises from altar, to feed it from a patera held out with left hand at waist height.
Provenance: Vaughn Rare Coin Gallery (Vcoins), August 2006
Ref: RCV (2002) 7363; RIC IV 85c.
BW Ref: 007 024 084
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Note: This coin is listed on WildWinds under Macrinus, RIC 85c.

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