Æ33 - Macrinus ΔΑΜΑϹΚΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΟϹ
Features
| Issuer |
Damascus
(Syria)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 217-218 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 26.51 g |
| Diameter | 33 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 524297 |
| References | RPC Online V.3# 83459 British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.3 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Lycia-Pamphylia to Egypt. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press. |
Obverse
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεβῆρος Μακρῖνος Σεβαστός
Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Reverse
Perseus advancing left, wearing Phrygian helmet, raising his right hand and holding harpa and head of Medusa with his left
Lettering: ΔΑΜΑϹΚΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΟϹ
Unabridged legend: Δαμασκοῦ μητροπόλεως
Translation: of Damascus, the metropolis
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (217-218) | |||||||||||||||
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