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Macrinus Æ25 of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 217-218. Statius Longinus, legatus consularis. [AVT K M OΠЄΛ CЄV MAKPINOC], laureate bust right / [VΠ C]TA ΛONΓЄINOV NIKO[ΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPΩ], the mountain-god Haemus seated left on rock, resting arm above head and holding spear; AIMOC in left field; bear advancing right below. Varbanov 3428-9. 8.30g, 25mm, 1hr.
Good Fine. Very Rare.
In Greek mythology, the mountain-god Haemus was known as King of Thrace and son of Boreas, the god of winter. King Haemus hubristically compared himself and his wife, Rhodope, to Zeus and Hera. In anger, the king and queen of the gods punished the pair by turning them into mountains. These mountains were said to make up part of the Balkan Peninsula and the Greeks often referred to the region as the 'Peninsula of Haemus.'
Good Fine. Very Rare.
In Greek mythology, the mountain-god Haemus was known as King of Thrace and son of Boreas, the god of winter. King Haemus hubristically compared himself and his wife, Rhodope, to Zeus and Hera. In anger, the king and queen of the gods punished the pair by turning them into mountains. These mountains were said to make up part of the Balkan Peninsula and the Greeks often referred to the region as the 'Peninsula of Haemus.'