Nikopolis ad Istrum, Macrinus, bronze (CN type 22821)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
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 22821. Obverse: Laureate bust of Macrinus, right, wearing cuirass. Reverse: Zeus naked to waist enthroned to the left, holding a patera and his left hand resting on the sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 25.5–27.2 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.95 g (mean of 2 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
- Zeus naked to waist enthroned to the left, holding a patera and his left hand resting on the sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕV ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- VΠ ϹΤΑΤΙ ΛΟΝΓΙΝΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22821
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22821
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. 295, nr. 3552
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 442, nr. 1720
Research required
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