RPC VI, 10899 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10899 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ Κ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μάξιμος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head left, holding corn ears and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.00 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V. Prokhorov collection
2 2     Scholz, NZ 33 (1902), p. 34, no. 50 (not illustrated)
2 2     ✸ Private Coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Zeus Prime Auction 3, 11 Jan. 2020, lot 290
5 5     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 227
6 6     Lindgren I, 175