RPC VI, 222 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 222 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥΛϹ (sic) ΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΕ (sic)
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰούλ<ιο>ς Οὐῆρ(ος) Μάξιμος Κέ(σαρ)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, 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 25 mm
Average weight 8.47 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 158–9
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 228/1978 Touratsoglou 158 (found in Macedonia)
2 2     Sofia: 4070 Touratsoglou 159