Æ36 - Macrinus ΠΕΙΩΝ, Α ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ

Features

Issuer	Ephesus (Conventus of Ephesus)
Emperor	Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	217-218
Composition	Bronze
Weight	21.44 g
Diameter	36 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 495058
References	RPC Online V.2# 109 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 ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεουῆρος Μακρεῖνος Σεβαστός

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus

Reverse

River god Pion reclining left, holding cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus and cornucopia; above, mountain with boar standing right, transfixed by a spear, between two towers; a temple at his feet

Lettering: ΠΕΙΩΝ, Α ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ

Unabridged legend: Πείων αʹ Ἐφεσίων

Translation: Pion, first, of the Ephesians

Mint

Ephesus, Ionia, modern-day Selçuk, Turkey

Comments

Karwiese 612

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (217-218)

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