1.2.2.3.3 Macrinus & Elagabalus

M. Opelius Macrinus

Emperor 217-218

Relatives depicted on coins:
Diadumenian - son

Macrinus (b. 164), a lawyer and Prefect at Caracalla's assassination, succeeded but his defeat by the Parthians led to a humiliating settlement. Caracalla's cousin Varius Avitus Bassianus (b. 204), hereditary priest of the Syrian sun-god Elagabal, was then touted as Caracalla's illegitimate son and proclaimed emperor by the Third Legion. Within a month Macrinus was overthrown. Bassianus took the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, beginning a reign of infamy marked by religious fanatacism, misgovernment and every kind of sensual excess, leaving the administration of the empire to his mother and aunts. After four years of this gross misrule the Praetorians assassinated Elagabalus and his mother on March 6, 222. He was succeeded by his cousin Severus Alexander.

M. Aurelius Antoninus
(Elagabalus)
Emperor 218-222
Relatives depicted on coins:
Wives - Julia Paula, Aquilia Severa, Annia Faustina;
Julia Soaemias - mother;
Julia Maesa - grandmother

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GI3098 0166 Elagabalus: AE 20 of Antioch $65.00 Obv. Laur. bust r. Rev. -- Large S C in wreath 6.35 g Sear GI 3098; SNGC 249 nearly VF	*GI2912 2917 Macrinus: AE 25 of Marcianopolis $125.00** Obv. Laur. bust r. Rev. Fortuna stg. l. 9.29 g Sear GI 2912v: Pick 711. ex Bernobich VF, black patina w. brassy highlights
GI2949 0168 Macrinus: AE 19 of Antioch $85.00 Obv. Laur. bust r. Rev. -- Large S C in wreath 4.97 g Sear GI 2949; SNGR 1985; BMC 388 Obv. o/c, otherwise VF	*GI2978 1004 Macrinus and Diadumenian: AE 25 of Marcianopolis $125.00** Obv. Confronted busts, Macrinus to l. Rev. Zeus stg. l. 11.13 g Sear GI 2978v: Pick 715 slightly weak rev. legend, otherwise VF
*GI2978 1015 Macrinus and Diadumenian: AE 26 of Marcianopolis $100.00** Obv. Confronted busts, Macrinus to l. Rev. Apollo stg. facing 12.33 g Sear GI 2978v; Pick 726. obv. legend weakness, otherwise VF	*GI2985 3584 Diadumenian: AE 17 Assarion of Marcianopolis $50.00** Obv. Bare hd. r. Rev. Staff of Asklepios entwined by snake 3.05 g Sear GI 2985v: Varbanov 1354 VF
GI3098 0167 Elagabalus: AE 20 of Antioch $75.00 Obv. Laur. bust r. Rev. -- Large S C in wreath 4.90 g Sear GI 3098; SNGC 245 nearly VF	*GI3098 0165 Elagabalus: AE 20 of Antioch $75.00** Obv. Laur. bust r. Rev. -- Large S C in wreath 3.92 g Sear GI 3098v; SNGC 242-244 nearly VF
GI3141 0181 Elagabalus: AE 27 of Edessa, Mesopotamia $135.00 Obv. Laur., dr. & cuir. bust r. Rev. Tyche seated l. on rock 12.08 g Sear 3141; BMC 58v VF	R2081 3603 Elagabalus: AR 25 Antoninianus $115.00 Obv. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG Rad.bust r. Rev. FIDES EXERCITVS Fides seated l. hldg. signum and eagle 5.17 g Sear 2081; RIC 70 VF
R2082 3060 Elagabalus: AR 22 Antoninianus $85.00 Obv. IMP ANTONINVS AVG Rad.bust r. Rev. FIDES MILITVM Fides stg. facing, hldg. standards 5.02 g Sear 2082; RIC 72 slt. porosity, oth. gVF	R2091 3061 Elagabalus: AR 19 Denarius $85.00 Obv. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laur. bust r. Rev. ABVNDANTIA AVG Abundantia stg. l. 3.30 g Sear 2091; RIC 56 toned nEF, irreg. flan
R2093 3096 Elagabalus: AR 20 Denarius $65.00 Obv. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laur. hd. r. Rev. CONSERVATOR AVG Sol stg. l. 3.14 g Sear 2093; RIC 63 sl. porosity, oth. nEF	R2108 3057 Elagabalus: AR 18 Denarius $50.00 Obv. IMP ANTONINVS AVG Laur. bust r. Rev. P M TR P II COS II P P Providentia stg. l. 2.92 g Sear 2108; RIC 23 toned VF, unusual portrait
*R2117 3554 Elagabalus: AR 20 Denarius $75.00** Obv. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG Laur. bust r. Rev. SALVS ANTONINI AVG Salus stg facing, hd. r. 3.01 g Sear 2117v; RIC 140 VF	R2122 3553 Elagabalus: AR 21 Denarius $85.00 Obv. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG Laur. bust r. Rev. VICTOR ANTONINI AVG Victory adv. r. 2.65 g Sear 2122; RIC 153 good VF
R2123 3604 Elagabalus: AR 20 Denarius $115.00 Obv. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laur. bust r. Rev. VICTORIA AVG Victory stg. l. 2.88 g Sear 2123; RIC 161 nearly EF, toned	*R2124 3304 Elagabalus: AR 19 Denarius $125.00** Obv. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG Laur. bust r. Rev. VICTOR ANTONINI AVG Victory adv. r. 3.62 g Sear 2124v; RIC 156 obv. sl. uneven, oth. lustrous good EF