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A bronze coin of Macrinus from Nikopolis ad Istrum with a reverse showing a reclining river god. Coin Type: Bronze AE26 of Macrinus, 217-218 CE
Mint and Date: Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior, 217-218 CE.
Size and Weight: 26m, 14.10g.
Obverse: AVT K M OΠEΛ CEV-H MAKPINOC
Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: VΠ CTA ΛONΓINOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTP
Young river-god, beardless and bare-chested, reclining left, right hand grasping a tree, reeds in left arm which rests on the upturned and flowing source vessel.
Provenance: orgame (eBay), October 2009
Ref: Varbanov I (English) 3490 var (different obverse die); AMNG I 1763 var (different obverse die); Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.23.32.5 (same dies).
BW Ref: 018 043 148
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Note: Both these dies are shown on this page of Patricia Lawrence's web site. These are her obverse MBc and reverse R18.

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