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Æ32 - Macrinus ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ

Features

Issuer Bithynium Claudiopolis (Bithynia and Pontus)
Emperor Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 217-218
Composition Bronze
Weight 16.36 g
Diameter 32 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
503396
References RPC Online V.2# 71619
British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.2 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Bithynia-Pontus and Asia. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, holding spear on his left shoulder, seen from front

Lettering: ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σευῆρος Μακρεῖνος Αὔγουστος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus

Reverse

Zeus seated left, holding patera in his right hand, left resting on sceptre; at his feet, eagle left, looking right

Lettering: ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΕΩΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ

Translation: of the Hadrianic Bithynians

Mint

Bithynium Claudiopolis, Bithynia, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (217-218) 

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