Byzantion, Macrinus, bronze (CN type 22511)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
217-218 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Byzantion in Thrace under Macrinus dated 217-218 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22511. Obverse: Laureate bust of Macrinus, right, wearing cuirass. Reverse: Veiled Demeter advancing left, holding two torches.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 31.8 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.76 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Byzantion
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Macrinus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Macrinus, right, wearing cuirass.
- Reverse type
- Veiled Demeter advancing left, holding two torches.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΟΠЄΛ ϹЄΟVΗ ΜΑΚΡЄΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΝΕΙΚΗϹ ΤΟ Ζ ΒVΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22511
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22511
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
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