Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 10.49 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 18221191, 1858/19580

Diameter:  30 Weight: 10.49   Axis: 6 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 10.86 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; Dionysus standing facing in long chiton, head left, holding cantharus and thyrsus

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 18221189, Fox

Bibliography: Rec 543 and Pl. LXXXI, 13 (rev.) 

Diameter:  28 Weight: 11.42   Axis: 6 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 10.86 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; Dionysus standing facing in long chiton, head left, holding cantharus and thyrsus

Museum: O: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK) Inventory: 

Diameter:  27.9 Weight: 10.3   Axis: 6 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 13.59 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; Dionysus standing facing in long chiton, head left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther

Bibliography: CGT coll. (ex Naville Numismatics 18, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 187) 

Diameter:  26 Weight: 13.59   Axis: 6 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 11.53 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; Dionysus standing facing in long chiton, head left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at his feet, panther

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1979,0101.1354

Bibliography: SNG vA 599 

Diameter:  27.7 Weight: 11.53   Axis: 1 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 10.97 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus

Museum: C: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (UK) Inventory: CM.LK.2097-R

Diameter:  27 Weight: 10.97  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 13.87 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; elephant advancing, right led by driver (mahout) holding goad

Bibliography: CGT coll. 

Diameter:  29 Weight: 13.87   Axis: 6 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 11.11 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; elephant standing, right led by driver (mahout) holding goad

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 15657

Diameter:  28.7 Weight: 13.19   Axis: 6 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 11.11 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; elephant standing, right led by driver (mahout) holding goad

Bibliography: Hirsch 314, 23 Sept. 2015, lot 2908 = Gorny & Mosch 306, W. Weiser coll., 15 Oct. 2024, lot 1292 

Diameter:  27.2 Weight: 9.02   Axis: 7 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 13.66 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; elephant standing, right led by driver (mahout) holding goad

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 

Bibliography: BMC 90 

Diameter:  28.8 Weight: 12.25   Axis: 6 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 13.66 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; elephant standing, right led by driver (mahout) holding goad

Bibliography: Giessener Münzhandlung 79, 14 Oct. 1996, lote 385 

Weight: 13.91   Axis: 12 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 13.66 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; elephant standing, right led by driver (mahout) holding goad

Bibliography: Gorny & Mosch 165, 17 Mar. 2008, lot 1530 

Diameter:  29 Weight: 15.45  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 13.66 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; elephant standing, right led by driver (mahout) holding goad

Bibliography: Solidus Premium 31, 30 June 2018, lot 65 

Diameter:  27 Weight: 13.03  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 13.96 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; emperor (?) togate standing facing, head left, holding globe in his right hand over lighted altar and sceptre in his left, his left elbow resting on shield set on rock (?)

Bibliography: Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 608 

Diameter:  29.1 Weight: 13.96  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 12.16 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; emperor in military dress on horseback galloping right, about to throw spear with his right hand on enemy on the ground

Bibliography: Gorny & Mosch 306, W. Weiser coll., 15 Oct. 2024, lot 1291 (ex van der Dussen 24, 1995, lot 2723) 

Diameter:  28.2 Weight: 12.16   Axis: 1 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 12.81 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; emperor in military dress standing facing, head left, holding patera over lighted altar in his right hand, left resting on sceptre

Bibliography: Savoca 122 Blue, 25 Dec. 2021, lot 640 

Diameter:  26 Weight: 12.81   Axis: 1 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 11.03 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; emperor togate and laureate standing facing, head left, holding rudder on globe in his right and sceptre tipped with eagle in left

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 18221192, Löbb.

Diameter:  29 Weight: 11.03   Axis: 12 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 12.58 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; Heracles nude, holding cup in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left, reclining on lion, right

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1058

Bibliography: Rec 545 and Pl. LXXXI, 15 (rev.) 

Diameter:  28 Weight: 13.53  

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 12.58 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΚΡΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; Heracles nude, holding cup in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left, reclining on lion, right

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 15656

Diameter:  29 Weight: 11.62   Axis: 6 

Reign: Macrinus Persons: Macrinus (Augustus)

City: Nicaea Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 12.99 g (1)

Obverse: [ ] ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate head of Macrinus, right

Reverse: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; Heracles nude, holding Eros in his right hand and club in his left, reclining on lion, right

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1059

Bibliography: Rec 546 and Pl. LXXXI, 16 (rev.) = Wa 430 

Diameter:  28 Weight: 12.99