RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 72422)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 72422)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπέλ(λιος) Σευή(ρος) Μακρεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate 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 but lion skin on his far shoulders, standing right, brandishing club and fighting Hippolyte, the queen of the Amazons on horseback, right, brandishing double axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.37 g
Reference Rec 174
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 689
— —     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 958 (ex Lanz 121, 22 Nov. 2004, lot 502)