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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
701 Posts |
Hi all, I apologise for re-posting this coin from a couple of months ago but although we managed to identify the emperor I still havnt found a match for the reverse so am unable to bag and tag it. The reverse depicts Poseidon holding a dolphin, this image is only seen on the temple coins with a small Poseidon in the temple doorway. I have gone through several thousand coins of Macrinus on various sites and still cant find this coin anywhere. If anyone can help it will be greatly appreciated  Weight - 8.69g Size - 20mm x 22mm     |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1047 Posts |
This may be a stretch but does the reverse legend read "COL BER" which would be the city of Berytus in Syria, Phoenicia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1047 Posts |
Here is one with a similar reverse of Nerva from Berytus on wildwinds  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
701 Posts |
Hi BD, Yes it is " COL BER " on the reverse and yes its from Phoenicia - Berytus That Nerva is the 1st coin I have seen with the same sort of reverse as mine, I must have stopped at Macrinus when checking Wildwinds. I honestly don't know where else to look BD as I have checked thousands of coins on multiple sites/searches without joy  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1006 Posts |
Well that was a rather quick ID :D Good spotting biancasdad
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
701 Posts |
No such luck OMF, we already know who it is and what it is depicting but we are trying to find a match for it. The Nerva is the closest reverse style found so far that's all unfortunately |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1047 Posts |
Thx OMF
I don't know TB I am not well versed in provincials but I bet you someone on FAC could ID your coin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
949 Posts |
I tried to go back to just about June 19 (on the pics) but could not find your thread. How did you determine that was a coin of Macrinus?
Any chance we could get a closer look at both sides?
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 United States
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I've been trying to make out what little of the legend that is visible, but really haven't come up with much. I've seen a number of examples of Gallienus which the bust resembles a bit. But without the legend it's difficult to say if it's him or Macrinus.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
701 Posts |
Hi Ron, LRBguy,
The legend is - IMP?MACRINOAVG
100% certain that it is Macrinus.
The reverse is COL BER.
Berytos,Syria.
Forum member " Bacchus " is a Diadumenian collector and he helped with the ID, once he suggested Macrinus it was easy to read the name in the legend.
All of this said I still cant find a match for it and I have pretty much exhausted every avenue I can think of.
Surely there's a match out there, I don't mind it being scarce/rare but would rather see another 1 to compare it with.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
949 Posts |
On the obverse inscription: I was looking for an inscription in Greek. Now I see it is a Latin inscription in the Roman alphabet. However, the letter M for his name appears near the top of his head, so there are about four or five letters between P and M; IMP ? MACRINO AVG If the whole legend could be recognized it might help pin it down.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
701 Posts |
The full obverse legend is - IMP M OP SE MACRINO AVG I have tried again with this info and still havnt had any joy  Just 1 reference to a single coin that was in a Lot sold at Christies auctions in 1997, no pictures available though  |
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