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Æ29 - Macrinus ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 217-218 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (217-218) |
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Macrinus ruled for just fourteen months before being defeated by the forces of Elagabalus at the Battle of Antioch in June 218 — making any provincial issue bearing his name inherently short-dated. Nicaea, one of the most prolific civic minting authorities in Bithynia, produced a comparatively small volume of Macrinus bronzes simply because the window was so narrow.
The city's mint was administratively active and well-organized, which makes the relative scarcity of Macrinus types from Nicaea a function of reign length rather than mint capacity.