RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87868)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87868)
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 Π Π
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὑπάτος π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος)
Translation holding tribunician power, consul, father of the fatherland
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 13.32 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Bellinger 206, Prieur 1017
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
Note crescent below eagle's head

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: Y 19584
    P: Y 19587
    NY: 1944.100.66200
    O D. R. Walker
    Bertolami 12, 29 Oct. 2014, lot 873 (ex Bertolami 6, 10 Dec. 2012, lot 1072; Bertolami 8, 4 Feb. 2014, lot 648)
    CNG EA 219, 30 Sept. 2009, lot 370
    CNG EA 389, 18 Jan. 2017, lot 469 (ex Baldwin’s 100, 27 Sept. 2016, lot 803)
    ✸ CNG EA 447, Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 310 (Prieur 1017: this coin)
    CNG EA 453, Prieur coll., 2 Oct. 2019, lot 392 (ex CNG EA 147, 6 Sep. 2006, lot 108)
    NAC 84, 20 May 2015, lot 1972
    Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 739
    Rauch 96, 10 Dec. 2014, lot 146
    Roma Numismatics EA 40, 28 Oct. 2017, lot 396