RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87867)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87867)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Issue Group crescent
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Μακρῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Macrinus, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Δ
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ δʹ
Translation holder of the tribunician power, consul for the fourth time
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 26 mm
Average weight 13.11 g
Axis 12
Reference Bellinger 205, Prieur 1015
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note crescent below eagle's head.  ΠΠ reengraved on ΤΟ Δ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CNG EA 447, Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 308 (ex Numismatic Fine Arts [XXIII] Winter Mail Bid Sale, 14 Dec. 1989, lot 1162) (Prieur 1015: this coin)
    Emporium Hamburg 85, 8 May 2019, lot 453 (ex Roma Numismatics EA 27, 28 May 2016, lot 308)
    Tauler & Fau 122, 28 Feb. 2023, lot 2746
    Tauler & Fau 122, 28 Feb. 2023, lot 2747 (ex Tauler & Fau 103, 1 Feb. 2022, lot 1620)