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Æ32 - Macrinus ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤ ϹΜΘ

Features

Issuer Amisus (Bithynia and Pontus)
Emperor Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 217-218
Composition Bronze
Weight 19.65 g
Diameter 32 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
563303
References RPC Online V.3# 82857
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛΛ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ὀπέλλιος Μακρεῖνος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Opellius Macrinus

Reverse

Tyche seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia, left

Lettering: ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤ ϹΜΘ

Unabridged legend: Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτους σμθʹ

Translation: of free Amisus, of year 249

Mint

Amisus, Pontus, modern-day Samsun, Turkey

Comments

Rec 126, Malloy 177

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (217-218) 

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