Mares of Diomedes, 217-18 A.D.
Mares of Diomedes, 217-18 A.D.

Bronze 31 mm of Macrinus, Heracleia Pontica in Bithynia, 217-18 A.D.
 
AVT K M OΠЄΛ CЄOVH MAKPЄINOC AVГ; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus r.
HPAKΛHAC ЄN ΠONTΩ; Hercules standing r., lionskin hanging from shoulders, raising club to strike mare rearing l.
 
Voegtli 5e; RG —; SNG von Aulock —; SNG Copenhagen —; SNG Hunterian —; BMC —
 
Picture credit: Stack's (The Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections), 11.1.2010, lot 260

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