RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69058)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69058)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεβῆρος Μακρῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Μακρῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑϹΚΗΝωΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΟϹ
Edition Δαμασκηνῶν μητροπόλεως Δαμασκηνῶν μητροπόλεως
Translation of the Damascenes, metropolis
Reverse design Ambrosia, nude, standing facing, head right, metamorphosing into a grape vine: her feet already in the form of a grape vine with leaves, and holding, with both hands, vine tendrils from which grape bunches hang
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 23.21 g
Axis 1
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Nomos 19, 17 Nov. 2019, lot 300