RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87870)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87870)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Diadumenian (Caesar)
Issue Group crescent
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΟΠ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΚΑ
Edition Μᾶρ(κος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Κα(ῖσαρ)
Translation Marcus Opellius Antoninus Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Π Π, Ο
Edition 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 26 mm
Average weight 12.19 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Prieur 1019 and 1020
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note crescent below eagle's head
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 1985.44
— —     ✸ CNG EA 139, Prieur coll., 10 May 2006, lot 203 (ex Ponterio 38, 1 Nov. 1989, lot 254)
— —     CNG EA 447, Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 313 (ex Münz Zentrum 53, 13 Nov. 1984, lot 1969) (Prieur 1019: this coin)
— —     CNG EA 447, Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 314 (ex Auctiones 16, 1 Oct. 1986, lot 221) (Prieur 1020: this coin)
— —     CNG EA 453, Prieur coll., 2 Oct. 2019, lot 394
— —     Goldberg 128, 28 June 2022, lot 2385 (ex CNG EA 154, 13 Dec. 2006, lot 131; CNG EA 223, 2 Dec. 2009, lot 361)
— —     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 787