RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 87986)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 87986)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES MACRINVS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Macrinus Augustus Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Macrinus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription SEP TVRVS METRO COLONI
Edition Septimia Tyrus Metropolis Colonia Sep(timia) Tyrus Metro(polis) Coloni(a)
Translation Septimia Tyre metropolis colony
Reverse design Hercules standing left, sacrificing with patera over lighted altar to left and holding club and lion skin; to inner left, two baetyls (Ambrosial Rocks); murex shell to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 20.70 g
Axis 5, 7
Reference Rouvier 2333
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.81790
— —     NY: 1944.100.81789
— —     ✸ Künker eLive 85, 2 Dec. 2024, lot 2261 = Künker eLive 83, 22 July 2024, lot 291