Nikopolis ad Istrum, Macrinus, bronze (CN type 22508)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia inferior under Macrinus, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22508. Obverse: Laureate bust of Macrinus, right, wearing cuirass. Reverse: Nude Harpocrates standing left, raising right index finger to lips, holding cornucopia in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.98 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 cuirass.
- Reverse type
- Nude Harpocrates standing left, raising right index finger to lips, holding cornucopia in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛΙ ϹΕ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22508
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22508
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 bibliographynr. 238
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 301, nr. 8.12.30.1.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution