RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84799)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84799)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Μακρεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear; in front, Apollo Lykeios standing facing, on omphalos, holding wolves by forelegs
Reverse inscription ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΙΑΝΗϹ ΜΗΤ, ΤΑΡϹΟΥ, Α Μ Κ
Edition Σευη(ριανῆς) Μακρεινιανῆς μητ(ροπόλεως) Ταρσοῦ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of the Severan Macrinian metropolis of Tarsus, the first, greatest, and most beautiful
Reverse design Tyche standing right, presenting crown to Macrinus standing left, holding spear; between them, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.10 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 15 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 1325 SNG 1550
— —     NY: 1973.191.142
— —     O
— —     Bertolami Fine Arts 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 233
— —     Bertolami Fine Arts 5, 14 May 2012, lot 639
— —     Chaponnière & Firmenich 13, 16 May 2021, lot 420
— —     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 204
— —     ✸ CNG EA 264, 21 Sept. 2011, lot 295
— —     CNG EA 432, 14 Nov. 2018, lot 187
— —     CNG EA 564, 19 June 2024, lot 386 (Elagabalus, unpublished)
— —     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1192 = SNG Levante Suppl. 271
— —     Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1395 = CNG EA 282, 11 July 2012, lot 190
— —     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 463
— —     Savoca 116th Blue, 23 Oct. 2021, lot 699
— —     Ziegler 718 = C. Clay coll. = Kress 101, 1974, lot 501