Nikopolis ad Istrum, Macrinus, bronze (CN type 21732)
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 21732. Obverse: Laureate bust of Macrinus, right; wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.71 g (mean of 1 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
- Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕVΗ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- VΠ ΑΓΡΙΠΑ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21732
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21732
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. 439, nr. 1710
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution