RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87908)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87908)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Issue Group A
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, Α
Edition Δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος) αʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the fifth time, father of the fatherland, first
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 12.63 g
Axis 6
Reference Bellinger 200, Prieur 964 and 965
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note A (Λ) behind Shamash's head

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: Y 19581 Prieur 964
    CNG EA 370, 9 Mar. 2016, lot 292
    CNG EA 447, Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 293 (Prieur 965: this coin)