RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 80462)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 80462)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Cyrrhus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεβῆρος Μακρεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπέλ(λιος) Σε(βῆρος) Μακρεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Δ
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος δʹ δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατο(ς) δʹ
Translation holder of the tribunician power, consul for the fourth time
Reverse design eagle seen from front, with wings spread, head right, wreath in beak, standing on filleted thyrsus
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.05 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Bellinger 122 corr., Prieur 917–918
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Note Prieur 917, whose obv. legend was read by Prieur as ΑΥT Κ Μ ΟΠƐΛ ϹƐ ΜΑΚΡƐΙΝΟϹ, and Prieur 918, read as ΑΥ Κ Μ ΟΠƐΛ ϹƐ ΜΑΚΡƐΙΝΟϹ, are issued from the same obverse die. Prieur 917 must be deleted.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.65355
— —     NY: 1944.100.65356
— —     O
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CNG EA 182, 20 Feb. 2008, lot 142
— —     CNG EA 396, 26 Apr. 2017, lot 496
— —     CNG EA 539, 31 May 2023, lot 498 (R. McAlee coll.)
— —     ✸ Künker 182, 14 Mar. 2011, lot 806
— —     Stack's Coin Galleries December 2007, 18 Dec. 2007, lot 434
— —     Trade (T.Vossen, VCoins 2021)