RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69450)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69450)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Byblus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μακρῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μακρῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ
Edition Ἱερᾶς Βύβλου Ἱερᾶς Βύβλου
Translation of sacred Byblus
Reverse design temple with court attached to its rear, the whole viewed in aerial perspective; five steps lead to the front of the temple with two columns open left, within which a lighted altar is seen and acrostolium decorated with trefoil; five steps lead to a side-entrance to the court, within which is a large cone surrounded by an ornate fence; six-pointed star below temple
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 19.69 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 697; BMC 37–38
Specimens 24 (15 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1846,0910.144 BMC 37
— —     L: 1840,1226.458 BMC 38
— —     P: Babelon 1394
— —     P: Vogüé 332
— —     P: De Clercq 343
— —     B: 1906 Löbbecke
— —     B: 1873 Fox
— —     C SNG 6032
— —     ✸ Mu: 59. Acc.91176
— —     NY: 1944.100.70888
— —     NY: 1944.100.70889
— —     NY: 1944.100.70885
— —     NY: 1961.154.247
— —     NY: 1944.100.70887
— —     NY: 1944.100.70886
— —     Boston: 2000.990 Sternberg 35, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 618
— —     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 217, 30 Nov. 2021, lot 420
— —     CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1477
— —     CNG Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, lot 1531
— —     Gemini IX, 9 Jan. 2012, lot 510
— —     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2192
— —     Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 2037
— —     M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 168
— —     Rouvier 697, pl. B'.3