Ancient Coin Attribution Contest #2

This one is a little more straightforward. Same rules as last time! Keep trying!

 

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Contest ends Wednesday. Please PM me with your answers before then!

 

oops. . i missed this one. did anybody get this one right?

 

i missed it to!

 

Don't worry, I missed it too! Lol. I'll give you a little more time. How's friday sound?

 

i will take a stab at it.. heck, i was only off by a few thousand years (give or take a few) on the last contest you held.. so i cant do much worse on this one

 

cool I'll look at it tonight

 

Ardatirion, I did send you a PM about this one, I think, its been a long time. Let me know if you did not receive anything.

 

yea i sent a pm too not that it matters coz i am sure i am 100% wrong

 

I sent a PM in too. Let me know if I need to resend it.

Andy

 

I also sent PM,

plmk if you got it

thanks,
stainless

 

Congratulations to acanthite, the first to get it correct! Second place goes to acl864, who chimed in with the correct answer just a few hours later.


Rulers: Macrinus and Diadumenian
Mint: Marcianopolis, Moesia inferior
denomination: pentassarion
dates: 217-218 AD
obv description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right facing bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian left
obv legend: AV K OΠEΛ CEVH MAKPEINOC K M OΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC
rev description: Demeter standing right, holding 2 corn-ears in left hand and a sceptre in right. E in upper right field
rev legend: VΠ ΠONTIAN-O-V MAPKIANOΠOΛEI / TΩ-N
references: Hristova/Jekov 6.24.5.1 (r.5), p98; Varbanov (Eng.) Vol.1, No. 1262; ANMG I 725, p.237

 

Congrats acanthite!

Andy

 

Thanks! Ardatirion was correct in that that one was more straightforward.