MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Macrinus, 217-218. (Bronze, 25 mm, 9.55 g, 6 h), struck under the consular legate Statius Longinus. [AYT K M] ΟΠEΛ CEΥ ΜΑΚΡEIΝΟC Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus to right. Rev. ΥΠ CΤΑ Λ[ΟΝΓΙΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠ]ΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC Ι Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding kantharos in right hand, thyrsos in left. Cf. H&J 8.23.8.5 (bust). Cf. Varbanov 3440 (bust). Lovely green patina. Very fine.
From the Vineyard Collection, acquired from Athena Münzhandlung in May 1999.