Coin of Macrinus, Emperor of Rome from Nicopolis ad Istrum

217–18

On view, 1st floor, Numismatics

Medium: copper
Dimensions: 10.03 g, 6:00, 26.4 mm
Credit Line: Ruth Elizabeth White Fund with the assistance of Ben Lee Damsky
Accession Number: 2009.110.150
Geography: Made in Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior
Culture: Roman
Period: 3rd century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Laureate bust of Macrinus right seen from the rear AVT K OPPEL CEOVHROC MAKRINOC

Reverse Description: VP AGRI PPA NIKOPOLIT WN PROC; ICTPW in exergue Nymphaeum

Provenance

Lanz, Munich, June 1992, cat. 60, lot 690; Ben Lee Damsky, 1992–2009; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

"Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed 2012),

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money

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