Macrinus, AD 217-218
AE 27, 13.42g
struck under legate Furius Pontinianus
obv. AVT K OPEL CEVH MAKREINOC KM OPELL ANTWNEINOC
confronted busts of Macrinus, laureate, l., and Diadumenian, bare-headed, l.
rev. VP PONTIANOV MARKI - ANOPOLEITWN (WN ligate)
Athena, wearing Korinthian helmet, with long chiton and aegis, std. l., resting 
with l. arm on arm of throne, feeding snake which coiled around olive-tree in 
front of her; the front of the throne is decorated with a winged sphinx, l., 
behind her, shield, seen from inside, the owl std. on the rim.
AMNG I/1, 736, pl. XV, 28 (1 ex. Weiss, same dies); Varbanov 903

very rare, good VF, beautiful brown patina with a hint of green, exceptional rev., the nicest of this city! 

Contributed by Hans-Joachim Hoeft, December, 2006.