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Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 23. Macrinus, HrHJ (2018) 8.23.38.01 #1 (plate coin)
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Macrinus, AD 217-218
AE 27, 12.59g, 26.61mm, 195°
struck under governor Marcus Claudius Agrippa
obv. AV K OPPEL CEV - H.MAKREINOC
Bust, cuirassed with scale armour, laureate, r.
rev. VP AGRIPPA NI - KOPOLITWN PROC / ICTRW
Tyche in long double chiton and palla, wearing kalathos, stg. l., holding cornucopiae in l. arm and in r.
hand rudder set on globe
ref. a) not in AMNG
b) Varbanov (engl.) 3420 (same dies)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.23.8.1 (plate coin)
EF, black green patina, Portrait!
One of the most beautiful Macrinus busts I have seen!
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