Æ16 - Macrinus ΚΟΛ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ

Features

Issuer	Nisibis (Mesopotamia)
Emperor	Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	217-218
Composition	Bronze
Weight	3.14 g
Diameter	16 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 580512
References	RPC Online V.3# 74895 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 head of Macrinus, right

Lettering: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟΝ ϹΕΒ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Μακρεῖνον Σεβαστόν

Translation: for Emperor Caesar Macrinus Augustus

Reverse

Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right; cornucopia before

Lettering: ΚΟΛ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ

Unabridged legend: κολωνία Νέσιβις

Translation: the colony Nisibis

Mint

Nisibis, Mesopotamia, modern-day Nusaybin, Turkey

Comments

BMC 1-3; Lindgren II, 2598A;SNG Righetti 2616

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

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