RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 83784)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 83784)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Aradus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεβῆρος Μακρῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Μακρῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
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 ΤΟ Α
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ αʹ δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ αʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the first time
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull's horns
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.85 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Prieur 1279 corr.
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ at the end of obv. legend for Prieur, but a C is now readable on another specimen. Double struck on rev. 
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
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— —     ✸ CNG EA 350, 6 May 2015, lot 409
— —     CNG EA 374, 11 May 2016, lot 404 = CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 368
— —     CNG EA 468, 20 May 2020, lot 194
— —     Emporium Hamburg 87, 12 Nov. 2019, lot 404 = Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 33, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 30224 = Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 32, 24 Oct. 2015, lot 34289