RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 74090)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 74090)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Dating AD 217/18
Obverse inscription IMP CAES MACRINVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Macrinus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL BER
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony Julia Augusta Felix, Berytus
Reverse design temple with four columns with steps leading up to it, pellet in pediment, with statue of Astarte within, holding aphlaston in right hand, left foot on prow; Astarte crowned by Nike on a column to right and to either side of them are genii on pedestal holding up globes; winged genii holding tridents on dolphins to either side of the temple steps, roof decorated with statuary group of Poseidon and Beroë, a winged Nike holding crown to either side as acroteria
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 21.29 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 566; BMC 165-166; SNG Cop 112; Sawaya 1607–1620
Specimens 17 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: HPB,p156.14 BMC 165
— —     L: 1839,0919.591 BMC 166
— —     P: Babelon 1279
— —     P: Babelon 1280
— —     P: Chandon de Briailles 785
— —     C: CM.LK.1346-R
— —     G SNG 3309
— —     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72341
— —     NY: 1944.100.72342
— —     V: GR 22083
— —     Yale: 2009.110.153
— —     Yale: 2018.177.33
— —     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 174, 10 May 2011, lot 252
— —     CNG 100, 7 Oct. 2015, lot 1750
— —     CNG EA 469, 3 June 2020, lot 266 = Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 1140= M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 804
— —     CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 1432 = Kampmann, 9 Mar. 1982, lot 608
— —     Savoca EA 118 Silver, 21 Nov. 2021, lot 388