RIC IV Macrinus 101
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 217–AD 218
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Rome (ancient mint)
Aureus in gold struck at Rome under Diadumenian, AD 217–AD 218, catalogued as RIC IV Macrinus 101. Obverse: Bust of Diadumenian, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Diadumenian, standing front, head right, holding standard in right hand and sceptre in left hand; on right, two standards surmounted by eagle, wreath on hand. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Aureus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Issuing authority
- Diadumenian
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Diadumenian, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right
- Reverse type
- Diadumenian, standing front, head right, holding standard in right hand and sceptre in left hand; on right, two standards surmounted by eagle, wreath on hand
- Obverse legend
- M OPEL ANT DIADVMENIAN CAES
- Reverse legend
- PRINC IVVENTVTIS
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.mcs.101
- Catalogue reference
- RIC IV Macrinus 101
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.4.mcs.101
Catalogue references
Research required
- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet