The Roman Empire. Macrinus, 217 – 218
Sestertius circa 217-218, Æ 32 mm, 28.01 g. IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust r. Rev. SALVS PVBLICA Salus seated l., feeding snake coiled around altar. In exergue, S C. C 117. BMC –. RIC 197.
Very rare. An elegant portrait struck on a full flan, green patina gently smoothed
on reverse and the bear on the obverse somewhat tooled,
otherwise extremely fine / about extremely fine
Ex NAC sale 29, 2005, 593.