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Coin of Apamea with bust of Macrinus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 217–218
Mint: Bithynia, Apamea
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 37 mm. Weight: 25.97 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1984.421
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Macrinus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
IMP.CAES.M.OPELL.SEVER.MACRINVSPIAV
Reverse: Aeneas, wearing Hellenistic helmet and cuirass, walks right, head left, carrying Anchises who holds small globe on left arm and leading Ascanius with right hand.
COLIVLCONC APAMAVGDD
IMP.CAES.M.OPELL.SEVER.MACRINVSPIAV
Reverse: Aeneas, wearing Hellenistic helmet and cuirass, walks right, head left, carrying Anchises who holds small globe on left arm and leading Ascanius with right hand.
COLIVLCONC APAMAVGDD
ProvenanceBy 1982: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1100, 1050 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (auction 1, Barbizon Plaza Hotel, New York, Dec. 9, 1982, lot 88); purchased by MFA from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 1104, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, September 12, 1984