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A bronze coin of Macrinus from Nikopolis ad Istrum with a Nemesis reverse. Coin Type: Bronze AE25 of Macrinus, 217-218 CE
Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior, 217-218 CE.
Size and Weight: 24mm x 25mm, 8.05g
Obverse: AVT K M OΠEΛ CEVH MAKPEINOC AVΓ
Laureate head right.
Reverse: VΠ CTA ΛONΓINOY NIK-OΠOLITΩN ΠPOC ICTP
Exergue: Ω
Nemesis standing facing, head left, cubit measuring rod (arshin) in her left arm, with her right hand drawing out the top of her robe from her body; wheel at her feet behind her, half visible to the left.
Provenance: holyportdragon (eBay), December 2007
Ref: Varbanov I (English) —; AMNG I 1767; Moushmov 1264; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.23.35.8.
BW Ref: 009 036 118
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Note 1: The legends were completed by reference to two matching die pairs posted on the Forum Classical Numismatics Discussion Board; one of them is also documented on this page of Patricia Lawrence's web site.

Note 2: See this link for a discussion of what Nemesis is carrying.

Note 3: This coin is listed on WildWinds under Macrinus, Nikopolis AE25 Moushmov 1264.

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