Macrinus and Diadumenian 'Coiled Serpent' AE27 Pentassarion
Bronze, 10.54 grams, 27.01mm. Markianopolis, Moesia Inferior. Legate Quintilius. 217-218 AD. Obverse: AV K OP CEVH MAKPINOC K M OP ANTWNINOC DIADOMEN (or similar), Macrinus, laureate bust right vis-à-vis bare-headed bust of Diadumenian left. Reverse: UP A KUNTILIANOU MARKIANOPOLITWN, Coiled, nimbate serpent with head right. Moushmov 554; Varbanov 1214-1215. Fair/very fine.