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Æ36 - Macrinus ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ

Features

Issuer Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus)
Emperor Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 217-218
Composition Bronze
Weight 12.24 g
Diameter 36 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
495053
References RPC Online V.2# 80359
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 front

Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕ ϹΕΟ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεουῆρος Μακρεῖνος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus

Reverse

Zeus seated left, holding cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus (standing facing, wearing kalathos, with supports) and sceptre

Lettering: ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ

Translation: of the Ephesians, first of Asia

Mint

Ephesus, Ionia, modern-day Selçuk, Turkey

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Karwiese 621

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