★ Wonderful Example with Expressive portraits ★

Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Macrinus, with Diadumenian as Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE Pentassarion (28mm, 13,51g.) Pontianus, legatus consularis. AY K OΠEΛ CEYH MAKPINOC K M OΠEΛ / ANTΩNEI/NOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Macrinus, on the left, facing bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, on the right. Rev. YΠ ΠONTIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN Apollo (or Bonus Eventus) standing front, head to left, holding branch in his left hand and sacrificing from patera over altar with his right; in field to right, E. Varbanov 1153 var. Almost extremely fine.