RPC VI, 10700 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10700 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Issue L Γ = 3
Dating 236/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Μάξιμινος Εὐσ(εβὴς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Maximinus Pius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Emperor on horseback advancing, left, raising right hand and holding transverse sceptre surmounted by eagle
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.93 g
Axis 12
Reference E 3278 (3)
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. The coin is broken at the crucial place where the date appears. What is left looks like an upright, as if part of a Γ, but it could quite possibly be a Β, since the may be the beginning of a horizontal stroke at the base of the upright

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Vat: 1095 Zoega p. 279, no. 28 = Mionnet 2833