Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 187 | Silver, Lot 163
Cilicia. Tarsos. Macrinus AD 217-218.
Didrachm AR
21 mm, 6,61 g
[AY]T K M OΠЄ CЄY [MAKPЄINOC C], draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right / TYXH•TA[PCOY MHT]/ A M - K, Tyche seated left on rocks, holding grain ear and poppy; at feet, half-length figure of river god Kydnos swimming left.
Very Fine
Prieur 809.
Macrinus, whose full name was Marcus Opellius Macrinus, was a Roman emperor who ruled from AD 217 to 218. He came from a humble background and rose through the ranks of the Roman m...