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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, 11.16g Obverse: • AYT K M OΠЄΛ CЄV MAKPЄINOC • Laureate head right, wearing short beard. Reverse: VΠ CTA ΛONΓINOY NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPO Exergue: C IC Nude Dionysos standing half left, head left, tall thyrsos in left hand behind, right hand pouring wine from a two-handled jug. Provenance: ukcoins354 (eBay), November 2008 Ref: Varbanov I (English) 3455; Moushmov 1242; AMNG I —; Hristova/Jekov (2011) 8.23.8.5 BW Ref: 012 039 134 |
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Note 1: Both these dies are shown on this page of Patricia Lawrence's web site. These are her obverse MHf and reverse R13i. Note 2: The jug carried by Dionysos is usually described as a kantharos, but it is not. See this section of my page on ceramics on ancient coins. Note 3: This actual coin is shown in both the first and second editions of Hristova/Jekov. |
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