Jurukova, unfortunately, does not illustrate the coin.
According to her
legend code, the
obv. legend should begin
IMP C M
OPEL, but this is probably just a misprint, the C should be omitted as Stickman's
coin shows.
Cohen 168 describes the same
Paris spec. of the coin as
Jurukova 55, but
Cohen omits the C in
obv. legend.
It is not correct that
Mouchmov gives the same number to
Wolf and Twins coins of
Macrinus and
Sev. Alex. because the
rev. type is the same. The problem lies elsewhere, namely in Mouchmov's confusing practice of giving plate references whenever the
rev. type is the same, even if the emperor and
mint of the illustrated coin are different!
In this case,
Mouchmov pl. XXII.2 illustrates
his no. 3587 of
Sev. Alex. at
Deultum. However, he gives the same plate reference for
his no. 3541 of
Macrinus, because the
Wolf and Twins
rev. type is similar!
When Dave Surber was producing
his English translation of
Mouchmov, I suggested that these superfluous plate references should be eliminated, and only those references left where the illustration is exactly the coin described. Unfortunately my advice was not followed!
