RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 72945)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 72945)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Issue Macrinus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεουῆρος Mακρεῖνος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπέλ(λιος) Σεουῆρ(ος) Mακρεῖνος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νεικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων Νεικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Athena seated left on rock, holding patera in her right hand and transverse spear in left; in front of her, serpent entwined on tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.66 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference Rec 266
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
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    V: GR 15812