RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 77552)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 77552)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑ Μ ΟΠΕ ϹΕΥ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σευῆρος Μακρεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπέ(λλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Μακρεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΙΑΝΗϹ ΜΗΤΡ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, Α Μ Κ, Γ Β
Edition Σευηριανῆς Μακρεινιανῆς μητροπόλεως Ταρσοῦ αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Σευη(ριανῆς) Μακρεινιανῆς μητρ(οπόλεως) Ταρσοῦ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of the Severan Macrinian metropolis of Tarsus, the first, greatest, and most beautiful, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Apollo standing left, quiver at shoulder, holding branch and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.07 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1874,0704.9 BMC 204
    L: 1844,0425.596a BMC 205
    P: 1321 SNG 1552
    C: CM.LK.2592-R
    Cop SNG 371
    NY: 1953.171.1364
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 270
    CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1193 = SNG Levante Suppl. 272
    Savoca 32nd Blue , 23 May 2020, lot 1115
    Zeigler 719