RPC VI, 209 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 209 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Γ ΙΟΥΛ ΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άïος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Οὺῆρ(ος) Μαξιμῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
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 9.37 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 8
Reference Touratsoglou 97–107, 119–20
Specimens 16 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1430 Touratsoglou 104
2 2     B Touratsoglou 105
3 3     C: Leihgabe.1976/77,1237 Touratsoglou 98
4 4     Mu Touratsoglou 97
5 5     NY Touratsoglou 102
6 6     A: 226/1978 Touratsoglou 103 (found in Macedonia)
7 7     Istanbul: 650-128 Touratsoglou 106
8 8     N: F6576 Touratsoglou 99
9 9     Vat: 582 Touratsoglou 107
10 10     CNG EA 253, 6 Apr. 2011, lot 223
11 11     Touratsoglou 100 = Numismatica Wien 9, 1975, 44
12 12     Touratsoglou 101
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     CGT coll.