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Nikopolis AE28 Moushmov 1296 of Macrinus

Macrinus AE28 of Nikopolis ad Istrum. Laureate head right / VP CTA LONGEINOV NIKOPOLITWN PROC ICTRW, Hemus, personification of the Old Mountain, reclining left seated on a cliff, right hand over head, left arm leaning on tree and holding a spear, bear below, AIMOC before. Varbanov 2698.

Lot No.1531. VF and extremely rare.

$ 375.

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.