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Nikopolis AE27 Moushmov 1215 of Macrinus

Macrinus AE27 of Nikopolis ad Istrum. Magistrate Longinus. Laureate head right / VP CTA LONGINOV NIKOPOLITWN PROC ICTPW, Apollo, naked, standing left, sacrificing from a patera over flaming altar at foot left, holding branch.

Lot No.3086. nVF.

$ 175.

Macrinus was Preatorian Prefect under Caracalla. When Caracalla was told by a fortune teller that Macrinus would become emperor, Macrinus was forced to strike, and, making the prophecy self-fulfulling, Caracalla was killed and Macrinus assumed the throne in 217 AD. It wasn't long before the Severan Dynasty struck back, and he was defeated and killed by the forces of Julia Mamaea and Elagabalus in 218 AD.