Æ30 - Macrinus ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Features
| Issuer |
Heraclea Pontica
(Bithynia and Pontus)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 217-218 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 12.37 g |
| Diameter | 30 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 504063 |
| References | RPC Online V.2# 72422 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, seen from rear
Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σευήρος Μακρεῖνος Αὔγουστος
Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Reverse
Heracles nude but lion skin on his far shoulders, standing right, brandishing club and fighting Hippolyte, the queen of the Amazons on horseback, right, brandishing double axe
Lettering: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Translation: of Heraclea in Pontus
Mint
Heraclea Pontica, Bithynia, modern-day Marmara Ereglisi, TurkeyComments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (217-218) | |||||||||||||||
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