Æ34 - Macrinus ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ, Ι
Features
| Issuer |
Prusias ad Hypium
(Bithynia and Pontus)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 217-218 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 22.78 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 506696 |
| References | RPC Online V.2# 69314 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 ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεουῆρος Μακρῖνος Αὔγουστος
Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Reverse
Heracles standing left wrestling giant Antaeus whom he his lifting on the ground
Lettering: ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ, Ι
Unabridged legend: Προυσιέων πρός Ὑπίῳ ιʹ
Translation: of the Prusians near Hypium, 10
Mint
Prusias ad Hypium, Bithynia, modern-day Konuralp, TurkeyComments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (217-218) | |||||||||||||||
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