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A bronze coin of Macrinus from Nikopolis ad Istrum with a reverse showing a procession in a quadriga. Coin Type: Bronze AE27 of Macrinus, 217-218 CE
Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior, 217-218 CE.
Size and Weight: 26 x 27m, 11.17g
Obverse: AY K OΠΠEΛ CЄVH MAKPINOC
Laureate and cuirassed bust right, gorgoneion on breast, aegis on left shoulder with one snake rearing to the right.
Reverse: VΠ AΓPIΠΠA NIKOΠOΛ
Exergue: ITΩN ΠPOC ICTRΩ
Macrinus seated, right arm raised, in a quadriga led by a soldier holding a vexillum. Above, a platform with a trophy and two seated captives.
Provenance: Ancient Caesar, LLC (Vcoins), December 2009
Ref: Varbanov I (English) 3405 (wrongly described as obv. MAKPEINOC); AMNG I 1712; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.23.34.2.
BW Ref: 019 044 152
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Note: Both these dies are shown on this page of Patricia Lawrence's web site. These are her obverse D and reverse 67.

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