RPC VI, 3049 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3049 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΖΕΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ (sic, retrograde Ζ) ΑΥΓ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαζειμεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head left, holding patera and spear; at her feet, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.96 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 148
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: 89.4 Kapossy 4
1 1     Mu Rec 148
2 2     vA 877
2 2     ✸ Savoca Silver 124, 23 Jan. 2022, lot 284
3 3     CGT coll. = Savoca 115th Blue, 9 Oct. 2021, lot 606