RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 67391)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 67391)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ Ο Ϲ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀ(πέλλιος) Σ(εουῆρος) Μακρεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀφροδεισιέων
Translation of Aphrodisians
Reverse design emperor standing facing, head right, in military dress, holding patera over lighted altar, looking at diademed Tyche of Aphrodisias standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding cult-statue of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 28.30 g
Axis 6
Reference MacDonald Type 158
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ NY: 1971.230.30 MacDonald Type 158, O214–R396(a)
    O Milne 1938, p. 256, Aphrodisias no. 2 = MacDonald Type 158, O214–R396(b)
    Gorny & Mosch 46, 30 Oct. 1989, lot 281 = MacDonald Type 158, O214–R396(c)