Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 12.84 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles nude advancing left, looking right, holding club in his upraised right hand, lion skin over his left arm, driving two oxen right

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1859,1219.181

Bibliography: BMC 53 and Pl. XXXI, 1 

Diameter:  29.5 Weight: 12.84   Axis: 1 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 14.95 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles nude advancing right, head left, holding club in his right hand and drawing Cerberus with his left

Bibliography: SNG vA 397 

Diameter:  30 Weight: 14.95  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 16.54 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles nude but lion skin hanging from shoulders standing right, brandishing club to strike mare rearing

Bibliography: Stack's Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections, 11 Jan. 2010, lot 260 

Diameter:  31 Weight: 16.54  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 12.37 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles nude but lion skin on his far shoulders, standing right, brandishing club and fighting Hippolyte, the queen of the Amazons on horseback, right, brandishing double axe

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 689

Diameter:  30 Weight: 13.31  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 12.37 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles nude but lion skin on his far shoulders, standing right, brandishing club and fighting Hippolyte, the queen of the Amazons on horseback, right, brandishing double axe

Bibliography: Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 958 (ex Lanz 121, 22 Nov. 2004, lot 502) 

Diameter:  30 Weight: 11.42  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 15.42 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles nude standing facing, head right, holding club in his right hand and lion skin and apples on left

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 18220985, B-I

Diameter:  29 Weight: 15.35   Axis: 6 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 15.42 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles nude standing facing, head right, holding club in his right hand and lion skin and apples on left

Museum: Cop: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen (Denmark) Inventory: 

Bibliography: SNG 457 

Diameter:  30 Weight: 15.9   Axis: 12 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 15.42 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles nude standing facing, head right, holding club in his right hand and lion skin and apples on left

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1944.100.42141

Diameter:  31.3 Weight: 15.01   Axis: 7 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 13.85 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles standing right, grasping with his right hand Cretan bull's horn

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1886,0603.7

Bibliography: BMC 52 and Pl. XXX, 15 

Diameter:  29.7 Weight: 12.6   Axis: 6 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 13.85 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles standing right, grasping with his right hand Cretan bull's horn

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1979,0101.1307

Bibliography: ex SNG vA 6953 

Diameter:  30.2 Weight: 14.49   Axis: 7 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 13.85 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles standing right, grasping with his right hand Cretan bull's horn

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 688

Bibliography: Rec 172 and pl. LX, 17 

Diameter:  30 Weight: 13.97  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 13.85 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles standing right, grasping with his right hand Cretan bull's horn

Bibliography: SNG vA 398 

Diameter:  30 Weight: 14.34  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 14.28 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles, nude but lion skin on his far shoulders, standing right, brandishing club and fighting Hippolyte, the queen of the Amazons on horseback, right, brandishing double axe

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 18220986, 1928/90

Diameter:  30 Weight: 14.25   Axis: 12 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 14.28 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles, nude but lion skin on his far shoulders, standing right, brandishing club and fighting Hippolyte, the queen of the Amazons on horseback, right, brandishing double axe

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 32118

Diameter:  31.2 Weight: 14.3   Axis: 1 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 14.28 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles, nude but lion skin on his far shoulders, standing right, brandishing club and fighting Hippolyte, the queen of the Amazons on horseback, right, brandishing double axe

Museum: N: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples (Italy) Inventory: 7775

Bibliography: Rec 174 and Pl. LX, 19 

Diameter:  30

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (30 mm); 15.51 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles, right, his right knee on ground, wrestling with the Nemean lion; below, club and bow

Bibliography: Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 959 

Diameter:  30.7 Weight: 15.51  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Diadumenian (Caesar)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (25 mm); 7.24 g (8)

Obverse: Μ ΟΠΕΛ ΑΝΤΩΝ ΔΙΑΔΟΥΜΕΝΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ; bare headed draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Asclepius standing facing head left resting with his right on serpent staff

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 692 (M 4792)

Diameter:  24 Weight: 7.11  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Diadumenian (Caesar)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (25 mm); 7.24 g (8)

Obverse: Μ ΟΠΕΛ ΑΝΤΩΝ ΔΙΑΔΟΥΜΕΝΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ; bare headed draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Asclepius standing facing head left resting with his right on serpent staff

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 18220987, 1887/466

Diameter:  23 Weight: 7.25   Axis: 6 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Diadumenian (Caesar)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (25 mm); 7.24 g (8)

Obverse: Μ ΟΠΕΛ ΑΝΤΩΝ ΔΙΑΔΟΥΜΕΝΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ; bare headed draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Asclepius standing facing head left resting with his right on serpent staff

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1944.100.42142

Diameter:  24.2 Weight: 8.75   Axis: 2 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Diadumenian (Caesar)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (25 mm); 7.24 g (8)

Obverse: Μ ΟΠΕΛ ΑΝΤΩΝ ΔΙΑΔΟΥΜΕΝΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ; bare headed draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Asclepius standing facing head left resting with his right on serpent staff

Museum: N: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples (Italy) Inventory: 7776

Diameter:  23