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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/85077 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | V.3 |
Number | — (unassigned; ID 85077) |
Province | Cilicia |
Region | Cilicia |
Subregion | Cilicia Pedias |
City | Anazarbus |
Reign | Macrinus |
Person (obv.) | Macrinus (Augustus) |
Issue | Year ƐΛϹ = 235 |
Dating | AD 217 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ(Ο)Υ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Μακρεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front |
Reverse inscription | ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) ΤΩΝ ΠΡ ΑΝΑΖ ΕΝΔΟ(Ξ) ΜΗΤΡΟ ΡΩ(Μ) ΤΡ(Ο), ΚΕΚ, ΕΤ ΕΛϹ, Γ Β |
Edition | Καισ(αρέων) τῶν πρ(ὸς) Ἀναζ(άρβῳ) ἐνδόξ(ου) μητρο(πόλεως) Ῥωμ(αικοῖς) τρο(παίοις) κεκ(οσμημένης) ἔτ(ους) ελσʹ γʹ βʹ |
Translation | of the Caesareans at Anazarbus, of the glorious metropolis, adorned with Roman trophies, year 235, of the 3 (eparchies), twice (neocorate) |
Reverse design | Nike advancing left, holding wreath and trophy |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 36 mm |
Average weight | 23.76 g |
Axis | 1, 6, 12 |
Reference | Zeigler, Anazarbos 343–7 |
Specimens | 14 (2 in the core collections) |
Note | On the rev., the Ζ is sometimes retrograde. |