RPC VI, 138 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 138 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹϹΕΩΝ
Reverse design Roma goddess seated on throne, 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
Axis 7, 12
Reference Papaefthymiou 77,1–2
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: KH9748 Papaefthymiou 2/3
2 2     Boston: Harvard 1984.205.143 Papaefthymiou 1/1
3 3     St Petersburg: 2840 Papaefthymiou 2/2
4 4     ✸ Nomos obolos 16, 11 Oct. 2020, lot 959