Watch List notes:

Macrinus. AE 28; Macrinus; 217-218 AD, Berytus, Phoenicia, AE 28, 21.05g. BM-38, Price/Trell fig. 271. Obv: Laureate, cuirassed bust r., seen from front. Rx: IEPAC above, BVB / LOV* below, Temple with court attached to its rear; five steps lead to the front of the temple, within which an altar is seen; five steps lead to a side-entrance to the court, within which is a large cone surrounded by a fence. The reverse type may show the great sanctuary of Aphrodite in Byblos that Lucian mentions. Unfortunately no actual remains of this sanctuary have been excavated, and it is uncertain how the three elements of the coin type, namely the temple, a colonnaded courtyard behind the temple with an entrance approached by a long staircase, and finally, within the courtyard, a large conical holy image surrounded by a fence, fit together in reality. See the discussion in Price/Trell, pp. 151-2.Some porosity, but still sharp detail of temple. VF