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Antoninianus - Macrianus Minor FORT REDVX, Samosata

Issuer Usurpations of Eastern provinces (Roman Imperial usurpations)
Year 260-261
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Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
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Obverse description Radiate and cuirassed bust of Macrianus Minor facing right, wearing a radiate crown with prominent spikes, the paludamentum visible at the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in the typical mid-third-century military style, with fine hair detailing beneath the crown. The encircling Latin legend reads IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG, distributed around the full perimeter of the flan.
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Reverse description Fortuna Redux personified, seated to the left on a throne, holding a patera in her extended right hand and a long transverse sceptre in her left hand. A six-pointed star appears in the left field, serving as a mint or emission mark. The reverse type celebrates the safe return of fortune to the usurper's cause, with the abbreviated legend FORT REDVX inscribed in the exergual field.
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