RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69778)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69778)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεβῆρος Μακρῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Μακρῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ ϹΥ(Ρ(ΙΑϹ)) ΠΑ(Λ)
Edition Φλαουίας Νέας Πόλεως Συρίας Παλαιστίνης Φλ(αουίας) Νέας Πόλεως Συρίας Παλ(αιστίνης)
Translation of Flavia Neapolis of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design Mount Gerizim with two peaks; below in front, a colonnade; a stairway, flanked by a series of shrines or altars on the slope, leads to a temple seen in three-quarter view at the top of first peak; another roadway to an altar on top of the peak to the right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.68 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 89–90; SNG ANS 993
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L BMC 89
— —     L BMC 90
— —     C: CM.1372-1963
— —     C SNG 6105
— —     NY: 1944.100.69119 SNG 993
— —     Auctiones 18, 21 Sept. 1989, lot 977
— —     ✸ CNG EA 553, 3 Jan. 2024, lot 390 = CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 646
— —     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 723
— —     Goldberg 117, 15 Sept. 2020, lot 2192 = Goldberg 41, 27 May 2007, lot 2711 = Meshorer, <i>City Coins</i> 136
— —     Lanz 30, 26 Nov. 1984, lot 684
— —     Trade (Marc Breitsprecher, Vcoins, 2020)