MACRINUS – Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum – Hermes with Cock.

MACRINUS – Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum – Hermes with Cock

AD 217-218, AE26 (12.20g, 26mm) – Statius Longinus, legate

Full description:

Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Macrinus (April 217 – June 218). Obverse: Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder. Reverse: VP CTA LONGINOV NIKOPOLITWN PROC ICTR – Hermes standing left, nude with chlamys over left arm, holding purse in extended right hand and kerykeion in left; cock standing left at his feet. Attractive earthen highlights.

References: Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) 8.23.10.7 – this coin illustrated as plate coin; rev. AMNG I/1, 1693; not in Varbanov English; cf. Varbanov 3546 var. (Longinus issue) 

Condition: VF, well-struck for the brief reign