Bronze 30 mm of Macrinus, Heracleia Pontica in Bithynia, 217-18 A.D.
AVT K M OΠЄΛ CEVH MAKPЄINOC AVΓ; Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus r.
HPAKΛAC / ЄN PONTΩ; Hercules standing r., lion skin over left shoulder, raising club to strike at Hippolyta, seated on galloping horse r., who raises a double-axe to defend herself.
RG I, p.371, 174 and pl. LX, 19
Picture credit: Numismatik Lanz München (Auction 121), 22.11.2004, lot 502
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