RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 88933)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 88933)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεβῆρος Μακρῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Μακρῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΝΕΑϹ ΠΟΛΕωϹ ϹΥΡ ΠΑΛ
Edition Φλαουίας Νέας Πόλεως Συρίας Παλαιστίνης Φλ(αουίας) Νέας Πόλεως Συρ(ίας) Παλ(αιστίνης)
Translation of Flavia Neapolis of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design Mount Gerizim with two peaks; below in front, a colonnade; a stairway, flanked by a series of shrines or altars on the slope, leads to a temple seen in three-quarter view at the top of first peak; another roadway to an altar on top of the peak to the right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.74 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ M&M GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, lot 365