RPC VI, 208 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 208 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ
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 ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝ(Ε)ΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονεικέων
Translation of the Thessalonians
Reverse design Kabeiros standing facing, head left, holding rhyton and hammer; to left, lighted altar; to right, elephant tusk in cylindrical container
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.29 g
Axis 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 80–1, 89–96, 118
Specimens 16 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 111 = Touratsoglou 91
2 2     P: 10213 Touratsoglou 89
3 3     P: 1431 Touratsoglou 90
4 4     B: I-B1900 Touratsoglou 92
5 5     C McClean 3795 = Touratsoglou 93
6 6     A Touratsoglou 96 (found in Corinth, 1966)
7 7     Lyon Touratsoglou 80
8 8     Thessaloniki Touratsoglou 81 (found in Lefkochori)
9 9     Thessaloniki Touratsoglou 95 (found in Eidomeni, 1975)
10 10     ✸ CNG EA 222, 11 Nov. 2009, lot 275
11 11     CNG EA 222, 11 Nov. 2009, lot 276
12 12     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 14, 2 Mar. 2014, lot 454
13 13     Touratsoglou 118
14 14     Touratsoglou 94 (Serres; found in Serres, 1966)
15 15     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 127