#261
An important correction for
MacrinusMacrinus, AD 217-218
AE 27, 13.7g
struck under Statius Longinus
obv. AVT K M
OPEL CEV - H
MAKRINOC Bust,
cuirassed (with
gorgoneion on breast plate?), seen from front, laureate, r.
rev. VP.CTA.LONGINOV.NIKOPOLITWN.PROC ICT
Demeter in long
chiton and mantle over her shoulders, stg. frontal,
head l., resting with
raised r. hand on long burning torch, entwined by
snake, and holding in extended r. hand
grain ears over open cista mystica from which
snake is emerging r.
ref. a) not in
AMNG:
for the
rev. see
AMNG I/1, [1730], (1 ex.,
Wiczay, lost)
b) not in
Varbanov (engl.):
cf. #3477 (=
AMNG 1730)
c)
Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2105) No. 8.23.5.8
corr. (wrong
obv. description, writes AV K M
and CE - VH, writes ICTR; but depicted coins are very worn)
obv. e.g. No. 8.23.32.6
coll. Hoeft
The
obv. of this
type is unusual in that here the
cuirassed bust is seen from front (to show the
gorgoneion?). Usually the
cuirassed busts are seen from behind to show the
cuirass. Now the following
obv. descriptions with the same
bust type have to be
corrected too:
- 8.23.1.17
- 8.23.4.3
- 8.23.7.9-10
- 8.23.8.2-3