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Lot # 230
MOESIA INFERIOR. Marcianopolis. Macrinus, with Diadumenian (217-218). Ae Pentassarion. Pontianus, legatus consularis.

Obv: AVT K OΠΠEΛΙ CEV MAKPEINOC K M OΠEΛΛΙ ANTΩNEINOC.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right and bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenianus left, facing each other.
Rev: VΠ ΠΟNTIANOY MAΡKIANOPOΛΕΙTΩΝ.
Dionysos standing left, holding filleted thyrsos and bunch of grapes; E (mark of value) in left field.

Varbanov -, cf. 1182 (Dionysos holding kantharos instead of grapes); Numismatik Naumann 154, lot 247.

Condition: Near very fine.

Weight: 13.54 g.
Diameter: 27 mm.