RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 72421)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 72421)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπέλ(λιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Μακρεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Edition Ἡρακλήας ἐν Πόντῳ
Translation of Heraclea in Pontus
Reverse design Heracles nude advancing left, looking right, holding club in his upraised right hand, lion skin over his left arm, driving two oxen right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.84 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 173
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1859,1219.181 BMC 53 and Pl. XXXI, 1