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RIC 30 of Macrinus

Macrinus Denarius. Struck 218 AD. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate & cuirassed bust with long beard right / P M TR P II COS P P, Annona standing left, holding grain-ears & cornucopiae; altar at left. RSC 85.

Lot No.3018. VF. 2.4g.

$ 175.

Macrinus was Preatorian Prefect under Caracalla. When Caracalla was told by a fortune teller that Macrinus would become emperor, Macrinus was forced to strike, and, making the prophecy self-fulfulling, Caracalla was killed and Macrinus assumed the throne in 217 AD. It wasn't long before the Severan Dynasty struck back, and he was defeated and killed by the forces of Julia Mamaea and Elagabalus in 218 AD.