Augustus, A.D. 260-261
Antioch mint
Billon Antoninianus
Obv: IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG
Rev: SPES PVBLICA - Spes, walking left, holding flower and raising robe
✳ in left field
RIC (Vol.V, Part II) 13
22mm, 2.9g.
Macrianus, along with his brother, Quietus, were proclaimed emperors by their army after the capture of the Valerian I by Shapur I. He tried to secure his reign by marching against the legitimate Gallienus but was defeated by Aureolus and eventually killed by his own army.
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