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Auction 139 15 February 2017
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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Macrinus, Sestertius, Rome, 217, laureate and cuirassed bust right, imp caes m opel sev macrinvs avg, rev. iovi conservatori, Jupiter standing left, holding sceptre and thunderbolt, small figure of Emperor before him, s c in field, 22.25g (RIC 189; BMC 102; C 39; Sear 7379). Of superior style, hairline flan crack, otherwise good very fine, dark green patina, rare £1,200-1,500
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Provenance: L. de Sartiges Collection, Ars Classica Auction XVIII (Lucerne), 10 October 1938, lot 363; E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 252.
The reverse shows Jupiter as the protector of the emperor
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Macrinus, Sestertius, Rome, 217, laureate and cuirassed bust right, imp caes m opel sev macrinvs avg, rev. iovi conservatori, Jupiter standing left, holding sceptre and thunderbolt, small figure of Emperor before him, s c in field, 22.25g (RIC 189; BMC 102; C 39; Sear 7379). Of superior style, hairline flan crack, otherwise good very fine, dark green patina, rare £1,200-1,500
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Provenance: L. de Sartiges Collection, Ars Classica Auction XVIII (Lucerne), 10 October 1938, lot 363; E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 252.
The reverse shows Jupiter as the protector of the emperor