Nikopolis ad Istrum, Macrinus, bronze (CN type 21504)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
217-218 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia inferior under Macrinus dated 217-218 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21504. Obverse: Laureate bust of Macrinus, right; wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nymphaeum with statues and arcades.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27–27.43 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.57 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Istrum
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Macrinus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Macrinus, right; wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nymphaeum with statues and arcades.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ ΟΠΠΕΛ ϹΕVΗ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- VΠ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21504
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21504
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 321, nr. 8.23.46.1
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