Watch List notes:

Macrinus, 217-218. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.31 g, 7 h), Rome, spring-summer 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus to right. Rev. SALVS PVBLICA Salus seated left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long scepter in her left. BMC 115. Clay Issue 1. Cohen 116 var. (draped and cuirassed). RIC 86. Nicely toned. Flan crack and with some flatness on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From an old Swiss collection, privately acquired from Numiphil Basel in the 1960s or 1970s (with original ticket).