RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69890)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69890)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Ascalon
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΑΚΤ = 321
Dating AD 217/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ[Β]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεουῆρος Μακρεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Μακρεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑϹΚΑΛω ΑΚΤ
Edition Ἀσκαλὼν ακτʹ Ἀσκαλὼ(ν) ακτʹ
Translation Ascalon, 321
Reverse design front view of temple of Phanebal(?), with four doorways one within the other, the architraves decorate with uraei, and Egyptian style columns; date in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.08 g
Axis 12
Reference Rosenberger I, 204; Yashin 246; Sofaer 184
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ V: GR 35320
— —     IMJ: 78.01980
— —     IMJ: 71.00938
— —     IMJ Sofaer 184
— —     R. Hoppensteadt coll.= Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 191
— —     Yashin 246