Description: Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Macrinus (217 - 218 AD). Pontianus, legatus consularis. AΥ K OΠΠEΛ CEΥH MAKΡINOC; laureate bust right / VΠ Π ΦOV ΠONTIANOV NEIKOΠOΛΙTΩN ΠP-OC ICTPΩ; Zeus seated left holding long sceptre and patera.

Diameter: AE27 mm

Weight: 13,74 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: Pick, Dacien & Moesien I, 1

Commentary: attractive glossy olive-green patina, impressive portrait of beardless Macrinus

History: Macrinus was the first emperor not coming from senatorial class and first emperor to never set foot in Rome.

Article Number: 060-02-05-42384