Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, 23. Macrinus, HrHJ (2018) 8.23.47.02 (plate coin)

Macrinus, AD 217-218
AE 27, 11.48g, 26.69mm, 210°
struck under governor Marcus Claudius Agrippa
obv. AV K OPPEL CE - VH MAKRINOC
Bust, cuirassed with chain armour, laureate, r.
rev. VP AGRIPPA.NIKOPOLITWN / PROC ICT
Eagle with spread wings stg. l. on garlanded altar between two standards, head r.
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1714 (like ex. #1, Copenhagen)
b) Varbanov (engl.) 3360 (cites in error AMNG 1715 and mentions wreath in the beak)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) No. 8.23.47.2 (plate coin)
rare (R5), VF+

This bust is a variant of Pat Lawrence's type C!