Provincial bronze issue of Macrinus (AD 217–218), struck at Nicopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior, belongs to a well-documented group of civic coinage in which the names of supervising officials are consistently recorded, providing important evidence for the structure of provincial administration.
The obverse shows a laureate head of the emperor facing right, with the legend AYT K M OΠEΛ CEVHPOC MAKPINOC, presenting his name and titulature in Greek as autokrator and augustus.
The reverse depicts Homonoia standing left, holding a patera and a cornucopia, with the legend VΠ CTATIOV ΛONΓINOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC IC. Homonoia, as the personification of civic concord and unity, forms part of the standard iconographic repertoire of municipal coinage, especially in contexts emphasizing social stability and cohesion.
The formula VΠ CTATIOV ΛONΓINOV refers directly to the provincial governor (Statius Longinus) under whose authority the coin was issued, a characteristic feature of Nicopolis ad Istrum emissions that allows precise attribution within the administrative framework of Moesia Inferior.
Roman Provincial
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis, Macrinus (217–218), AE
Obverse: laureate head right
AYT K M OΠEΛ CEVHPOC MAKPINOC
Reverse: Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
VΠ CTATIOV ΛONΓINOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC IC
Diameter 26 mm, weight 9.14 g
