RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 82126)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 82126)
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεουῆρος Μακρεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπέλ(λιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Μακρεῖνος Σε(βαστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος
Translation holder of the tribunician power, consul
Reverse design eagle seen from front, with wings spread, head right, wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.14 g
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference Bellinger 142; Prieur 852 corr.
Specimens 15 (2 in the core collections)
Note all coins struck with the same obv. die; the portrait is clearly  reminiscent of Caracalla's one
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: R 2818
— —     NY: 1944.100.65878
— —     cgb.fr Live June 2022, 7 June 2022, lot 143 = Prieur 852
— —     CNG EA 200, 3 Dec. 2008, lot 239
— —     CNG EA 447, M. Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 390 (ex Ceresio 2, 26 Sept. 1988, lot 223)
— —     Gorny & Mosch EA 308, 12 Nov. 2024, lot 3339
— —     Künker eLive 62, 20 Oct. 2020, lot 4328
— —     Leu EA 14, 12 Dec. 2020, lot 1164
— —     Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1589
— —     Leu WA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, lot 2725 = Münz Zentrum Rheinland 188, 20 March 2019, 124 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 184, 16 May 2018, lot 401
— —     Leu WA 30, 13 July 2024, lot 1608
— —     Numisart 9, 13 Apr. 2025, lot 55
— —     ✸ Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 810
— —     Rauch 94, 9 Apr. 2014, lot 592
— —     Roma Numismatics EA 33, 4 Feb. 2017, lot 290