Province Syria Palaestina
City Neapolis 
Region Samaria
Reign Macrinus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ ϹΥ(Ρ) ΠΑΛ(Α)
Reverse design Mount Gerizim with two peaks; below in front, a colonnade; a stairway, flanked by a series of shrines or altars on the slope, leads to a temple seen in three-quarter view at the top of first peak; another roadway to an altar on top of the peak to the right; radiate sun to left of the temple on top and crescent to its right

 

Reference MMAG 81, 18 Sept. 1995, lot 760
Diameter 24
Weight 14.38
Axis 12
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