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Æ25 - Macrinus ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Apamea Cibotus, Phrygia (Provincial mint under Macrinus) |
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| Year | 217-218 |
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| Weight | 6.62 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ |
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Macrinus reigned just fourteen months before being defeated by the forces of Elagabalus at the Battle of Antioch in June 218 — making any provincial bronze struck in his name a product of one of the shortest reigns in the Severan period. Apamea Cibotus, sitting on the major road network connecting Ephesus to Syria, was an active civic minter, and continued issuing bronze under successive emperors largely to facilitate local market exchange rather than imperial directive.
The brevity of the reign compresses the window for any Macrinus provincial issue considerably.