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Nikopolis ad Istrum, Macrinus, bronze (CN type 22535)

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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 22535. Obverse: Cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, right, wearing paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Apollo standing facing, head left, holding , holding patera in outstretched right hand and bow and chlamys in left hand.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
27 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.39 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Nikopolis ad Istrum
Region
Moesia inferior
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Macrinus

Design

Obverse type
Cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, right, wearing paludamentum.
Reverse type
Nude Apollo standing facing, head left, holding , holding patera in outstretched right hand and bow and chlamys in left hand.
Obverse legend
Μ ΟΠΕΛ ΔΙΑΔΟVΜΕΝΙΑΝΟϹ Κ
Reverse legend
VΠ ϹΤΑ ΛΟΝΓΙΝΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22535
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22535

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