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Coin Type: Bronze AE25 of Macrinus, 217-218 CE Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior, 217-218 CE. Size and Weight: 25m, 9.07g Obverse: AV K OΠΠЄΛ CЄVH MAKPINOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right (in mail), wearing short beard. Reverse: VΠ Π ΦOV ΠONTIANOV NEIKOΠOΛITΩN Field Marks: ΠP - OC across field. Exergue: ICTPΩ Hermes, nude but for chlamys hanging from left shoulder, standing facing, head left, kerykeion in left hand, purse in right hand, cock at feet left. Provenance: flaviamaximafausta (eBay), June 2009 Ref: Varbanov I (English) 3584; AMNG I 1680; Moushmov 1291; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.23.10.6. BW Ref: 014 041 142 |
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Note: Both these dies are shown on this page of Patricia Lawrence's web site. These are her obverse A and reverse 29. |
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