RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69455)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69455)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Byblus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μακρῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μακρῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear
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 29 mm
Average weight 16.74 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 697; McClean 9484
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: Babelon 1395
— —     ✸ C McClean 9484
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