Nikopolis ad Istrum, Macrinus, bronze (CN type 21732)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

217-218 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Moesia inferior

Coin 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

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