Pick715 is a
Zeus Sacrificing, but not same dies as Malcolm's
729 is an
Artemis stg. with torch, wearing long
chiton, with her stag at the left of her feet--not native to
Marcianopolis!
730 is an excellent
Artemis Huntress, such as might have inspired Jochen's wonderful one of
Elagabalus.
NOTE no. 729 and 730 are Taf. XV, figs. 11 and 10, respectively.
733 is an Ares, or as
Pick says perhaps a
Virtus, in helmet and armor, hand resting on
shield.
740 is the first of five listings for the normal
Hermes stg. with purse and
kerykeion[752] was in brackets, because
Pick had not actually seen it. But I think I have it, a wonderful coin, and if, as I think, the
obv. die matches, it shows it in fresh condition.
The dies don't match, though they are related.777 is our puzzle coin.
I'll post at least the
Herakles for your use.
Pat17 01 03 AE 26
Marcianopolis, issued by Pontianus.
Macrinus, laureate,
head to r. facing Diadoumenian, bareheaded,
head to l. AV[T K
OPEL SEV MAKREIN]OS K M
OPEL ANTONEINOS. Heads as on no. 748 (which has stacked
legend in
obv. exergue, however).
Rev., Bearded
Herakles, frontal,
head to r.,
his right hand resting on
his club (but so large and odd that
Pick marks it ?), with the
lion skin over
his left
arm, its tail hanging down to
his feet. VP PONTIANOV
MAR KIANOPOLEITON; the OV and the AR ligatures. In the
field at r. E.
Pick,
AMNG I, 1, p. 243, no. 752, known to him only from the Sophia example, which does not preserve Pontianus's name and therefore not the
ligate ending. The
head of
Macrinus extremely refined.
07 07 03 AE 27 13.25g
Marcianopolis. Issued by Pontianus.
Macrinus, laureate,
head to r. and
Diadumenian,
head to l..
AVT K
OPEL SEV MAKREINOS K M
OPEL A[NTONEINOS].
Rev., Ares (see Pick's note) in armor, stg. l., r. hand on
rim of
shield, l. holding reversed spear. E (erased from Pick's
Philippopolis example) in
field at r. [VP] PONTIANOV
MAR (the AR
ligate) KIANOPOLEITON.
Pick notes that the
obv. die = 729 and of the
military figure, "It is uncertain whether the figure represented is Ares or a Hero or perhaps is meant to represent the
Roman Virtus; a similar figure on a coin of
Odessos, pl. XV, 13".
AMNG I, 1, p. 239, no. 733. The
Artemis with a little stag
reverse of no. 729 also has the
ligate AR in Markianopoleiton, but OmegaN as well. This coin is uncommonly coppery and shows no centering pits.
I can't do any more without using the coins in hand. The small heads on the
Marcianopolis E coins are very difficult! P.L.