RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87914)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87914)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Issue Group without letter or symbol
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
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος πατὴρ πατρίδος δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος 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 25 mm
Average weight 12.68 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Bellinger 209, Prieur 972
Specimens 13 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P: Y 19573
    NY: 1944.100.66202
    CNG EA 238, 11 Aug. 2010, lot 274
    CNG EA 361, 14 Oct. 2015, lot 834
    ✸ CNG EA 447, Prieur coll., 3 July 2019, lot 295 (ex Superior Galleries, 1 Dec. 1990, lot 2497) (Prieur 972: this coin)
    CNG Triton XXII, Prieur coll., 8 Jan. 2019, lot 642 (ex Numismatic Fine Arts [XVII] Summer Mail Bid Sale, 27 June 1986, lot 931)
    iNumis MBS 26, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 268
    Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 9317
    Nomos obolos 4, 21 Feb. 2016, lot 696 (ex Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 10, 1 Dec. 2013, lot 314)
    Roma Numismatics EA 65, 19 Dec. 2019, lot 614
    Roma Numismatics EA 74, 20 Aug. 2020, lot 750 (ex CNG EA 453, Prieur coll., 2 Oct. 2019, lot 386; CNG EA 469, 3 June 2020, lot 262)
    VAuctions 326, 29 Sept. 2017, lot 309
    VIA GmbH EA 11, 24 Mar. 2023, lot 295