Æ36 - Macrinus ϹΤΡΑ ΟΥΑΡ ΦΟΙΒΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ, ΝΕΟΚΟΡ
Features
| Issuer |
Cyzicus
(Conventus of Cyzicus)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 217-218 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 22.25 g |
| Diameter | 36 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 523033 |
| References | RPC Online V.2# 1076 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: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Σεουῆρος Μακρεῖνος Σεβαστός
Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
Reverse
Facing busts of Zeus Ammon, draped, right, and Macrinus, laureate and draped, left; in the exergue, altar
Lettering: ϹΤΡΑ ΟΥΑΡ ΦΟΙΒΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ, ΝΕΟΚΟΡ
Unabridged legend: στρατηγοῦ Οὐαρίου Φοίβου Κυζικηνῶν νεοκόρων
Translation: of the strategos Varius Phoebos, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Mint
Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, TurkeyComments
SNG France 791
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (217-218) | 
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