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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Nikopolis| > RP77985
Macrinus, 11 April 217 - 8 June 218 A.D., Nikopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior
|Nikopolis|, |Macrinus,| |11| |April| |217| |-| |8| |June| |218| |A.D.,| |Nikopolis| |ad| |Istrum,| |Moesia| |Inferior|, Istros was the ancient Thracian name for the Danube, Europe's second-longest river.
RP77985. Bronze AE 26, H-H-J Nikopolis 8.23.32.7 (R4, same dies), Varbanov I 3467 (R4), BMC Thrace p. 48, 48, AMNG I/I 1761, SNG Cop -, F, well centered, light encrustations, light corrosion, Nicopolis ad Istrum (Nikyup, Bulgaria) mint, weight 10.298g, maximum diameter 25.8mm, die axis 0o, 11 Apr 217 - 8 Jun 218; obverse AVTK M OΠEΛΛ CEV MAKPINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse VΠ CTA ΛONΓINOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN, ΠPOC IC (ending in exergue), youthful river-god Istros reclining left, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, right elbow rests on right leg, right hand rest on prow on his far side, left hand rests on toppled vase behind, from which water flows; struck under the consular legate Statius Longinus; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren; scarce; SOLD











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