MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ Tetrassarion (28.5mm, 11.20 g, 6h). Marcus Claudius Agrippa, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Istros reclining left, holding reeds and resting elbow on shields, placing hand on ship beside him. HH&J 8.23.32.1-4 var. (neither die recorded by HH&J); AMNG –; Varbanov –. Brown patina, obverse scrape, minor scratches in fields. VF. Extremely rare.
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.