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A 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: Laureate undraped bust right.
AYT K M OΠHΛ CEVH MAKPEINOC AVΓ
Reverse: Nemesis standing 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.
VΠ CTA ΛONΓINOY NIK-OΠOLITΩN ΠPOC ICTP
Exergue: Ω
Provenance: holyportdragon (eBay), December 2007
Ref: AMNG 1767
BW Ref: 009 036 118
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Note: The legends were completed by reference to two matching die pairs on the Forum message base; one of them is also documented in Patricia Lawrence's web site on this page.

For a discussion of what Nemesis is carrying, see this footnote.

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