RPC VI, 137 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 137 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition Ἐδεσσέων
Translation of the Edessenes
Reverse design Roma goddess seated on throne with shield below, left, wearing helmet and holding Nike offering her a wreath; behind her, turreted Edessa standing, left, holding sceptre and crowning her with wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.30 g
Axis 1, 2, 7, 9, 12
Reference Papaefthymiou 76,1–3
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1958,0304.89 Papaefthymiou 1/1
2 2     Mu Papaefthymiou 1/2
3 3     NY: 1951.64.2 SNG 262 = Papaefthymiou 3/5
4 4     Thessaloniki: 460 Papaefthymiou 3/4
5 5     Zagreb: 4999 Papaefthymiou 2/3
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Varbanov 3, 3652 = Papaefthymiou 109, 10.1
8 8     ✸ Savoca Coins Blue 259th Weekly Blue, 15 Mar. 2025, lot 227