RPC VI, 3266 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3266 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus; (to left, panther;) (small letter (?) in left field)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.87 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1911,1010.24
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     T. Mullally coll. NOTE: not wearing kalathos
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1391 = Münzzentrum 145, 2008, lot 880