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Coin Type: Bronze AE26 of Macrinus, 217-218 CE Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior, 217-218 CE. Size and Weight: 25mm x 26mm, 10.35g Obverse: AV K OΠΠEΛ CE-VH MAKPINOC Laureate, draped bust right, wearing aegis with snake's head rising from it. Reverse: VΠ AΓPIΠΠA N-I-KOΠOΛITΩN Exergue: ΠPOC I / CTPΩ (second line is off the flan on this specimen) Snake climbing up center of tripod, its head to right. Provenance: s*p*q*r (eBay), December 2007 Ref: Varbanov I (English) —; AMNG I 1716; Moushmov 1277; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.23.47.2. BW Ref: 010 036 120 |
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Note 1: The legends were completed by reference to the matching dies on this page of Patricia Lawrence's web site. These are her obverse H and reverse 85. Note 2: Hristova/Jekov 1st edition shows the obverse legend incorrectly as AVT K M OΠЄΛ CEV-HP MAKPINOC. This is corrected in the second edition. Note 3: The two greenish spots on the lower right of the obverse were bronze disease. I have simmered this coin for an hour in a solution of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate (6 Jan 2008); the spots have turned reddish-brown and should now be stable, but will need watching. Note 4: This coin is listed on WildWinds under Macrinus, Nikopolis AE26 Moushmov 1277. | |
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