RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 83794)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 83794)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Aradus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεβῆρος Μακρῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Μακρῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Macrinus, right, slight drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Α
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος α' δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος α'
Translation holding tribunician power, consul for the first time
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull's head right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.08 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Bellinger 238; Prieur 1241
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P: Y 19324 Prieur 1241
    ✸ CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 381 = CNG EA 179, 2 Jan. 2008, lot 170
    CNG EA 539, 31 May 2023, lot 517
    Leu WA 36, 6 Sept. 2025, lot 711