RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 95261)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 95261)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Macrinus (Augustus)
Magistrate Varius Phoebos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπέλ(λιος) Σεουῆρ(ος) Μακρεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΟΥΑΡ ΦΟΙΒΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ, ΝΕΟΚΟΡωΝ
Edition στρα(τηγοῦ) Οὐαρ(ίου) Φοίβου Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation of the strategos Varius Phoebos, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design Amphion standing right, and Zethus standing, left, both wearing a shared cloak, Amphion holding a rope and grasping Dirce by the hair to tie her to the bull, Zethus using both hands to hold the bull
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.42 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note On this rev. type and the sculpture group of Toro Farnese, see H. C. von Mosch, 'Dirke, Thyiaden und der thebanische Dionysos. Zu den Dirkegruppen zwischen Rom und Kleinasien', NAC 34 (2005), pp. 141-80, esp. p. 165, no. 6.
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