RPC VI, 3277 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3277 (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 Demeter standing facing, head left, holding long torch and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.24 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rec 637, Weiser 38
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1358 vA 629
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1359 vA 630
3 3     V: GR 37724
4 4     Cologne Weiser 38
5 5     Turin: ? Rec 637
6 6     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 17, 20 Sept. 2015, lot 243
7 7     Falghera 1978
8 8     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 171
9 9     Harvard: 1981.74.231
10 10     Forum Ancient Coins