RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 77553)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 77553)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑ Μ ΟΠΕ ϹΕΥ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition 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
Edition Σευη(ριανῆς) Μακρεινιανῆς μητρ(οπόλεως) Ταρσοῦ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of the Severan Macrinian metropolis of Tarsus, the first, greatest, and most beautiful
Reverse design Apollo Lykeios standing facing, on omphalos, holding wolves by forelegs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 17.17 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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— —     L: 1946,1004.2307
— —     B: 18223339, 1879/402
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