RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69139)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69139)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Issue Year HKΦ = 528
Dating AD 217
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Μακρεῖνος Σε(βαστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΜΙϹΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝΙ ΗΚΦ
Edition Ἐμίσων κολωνί(ας) ηκφʹ
Translation of the colony of the Emesans, 528
Reverse design temple with six columns on podium, within sacred stone of El-Gabal on high decorated base, flanked by two parasols; in front of stone, eagle with wreath in beak; crescent in pediment; date in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 22.50 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: Y 23879.248
    P: Y 25048.1012
    ✸ Yale: 2009.110.152 Waddell, Feb. 1995, lot 123
    CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 366
    Lanz 68, 6 June 1994, lot 580