Tetradrachm - Macrinus ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ

Features

Issuer	Carrhae (Mesopotamia)
Emperor	Macrinus (Marcus Opellius Macrinus) (217-218)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	217-218
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bilon
Weight	15.18 g
Diameter	26 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 524601
References	RPC Online V.3# 76964 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. , Bellinger Civic# 164 Alfred Raymond Bellinger; 1958. “The first civic tetradrachms of Ilium”, Museum Notes, Volume 8, pages 11-24. , Prieur# 826 Michel Prieur, Karin Prieur; 2000. A Type Corpus of the Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Obverse

(en) Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀπ(έλλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Μακρῖνος Σε(βαστός)

Reverse

(en) Eagle facing with head turned right, wings outstretched and wreath in beak, standing on facing long-horned bull's head, to left and right of which, pellets

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ

Unabridged legend: δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος

Mint

Carrhae, Mesopotamia, modern-day Harran, Turkey

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

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