RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87861)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87861)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Issue Group O
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεουῆρος Μακρῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Μακρῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Macrinus, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Π Π, Ο
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος πατὴρ πατρίδος Ο— δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος) Ο(—)
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul, father of the fatherland, O
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread, wreath in beak; between eagle's legs, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Shamash, left
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.51 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Prieur 1005
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note O at the l. os Shamash's head

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    CNG EA 197, 15 Oct. 2008, lot 78
    CNG EA 348, 8 Apr. 2015, lot 555
    ✸ CNG EA 550, A. Ronde coll., 15 Nov. 2023, lot 429
    Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2160
    Gorny & Mosch 269, 9 Mar. 2020, lot 937 (ex Gorny & Mosch 241, 10 Oct. 2016, lot 1972)