Provincial bronze of Macrinus, Nikopolis in Moesia, 217-18 A.D.
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛΛ ΣΕΥΗ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟΣ ΑΥ; Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus r.
ΥΠ ΣΤΑ ΛΟΝΓΙΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΙΣΤ; Hercules standing r., with club raised, fighting with the Hydra.
AMNG I 1760; Varbanov, GIC 3480; Voegtli, Heldenepen 2m
Picture credit: Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung (Auction 180), 12.10.20091, lot 266
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