RPC VI, 216 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 216 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άïος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὺῆ(ρος) Μαξιμῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονεικέων
Translation of the Thessalonians
Reverse design the Tyche of the City standing, left, wearing turreted crown and holding Kabeiros and cornucopia, and Nike standing, left, holding palm branch and crowning her with wreath from behind
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.85 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 77–8
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B Touratsoglou 78 = Gaebler 127, 55
2 2     Philadelphia: 29-126-349 Touratsoglou 77
3 3     CGT coll.