RPC VI, 3287


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3287 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	3287 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Maximinus
Person (obv.)	Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription	Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ (or ΜΑΖΙΜΟϹ retrograde Ζ) Κ
Edition	Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μάξιμος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation	Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar
Obverse design	bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition	Νικαιέων
Translation	of the Nicaeans
Reverse design	Demeter seated on cista, left, holding long torch and ears of corn
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	7.44 g
Axis	2, 6, 12
Reference	Rec 667
Specimens	8 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.42239		24	6.79	6	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse)	Show
2	2 ✸	NY: 1944.100.42240		24	6.35	2		Show
3	3	V	Rec 667	26	11.12	12		Show
4	4		CGT coll. = Naville Numismatic 19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 221	24	8.08	12	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse)	Show
5	5		CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 174 (part)	23	5.91	6	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse) ; Demeter holding corn downwards	Show
6	6		Lindgren I, 147	25	9.38		Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse)	Show
7	7		Naumann 118, 3 July 2022, lot 469	23	5.74			Show
8	8		Savoca Coins Blue 204th Weekly Blue, 30 Mar. 2024, lot 235	27	6.11		Obv.: GIC 66 (emperor bust, r. (on reverse))	Show