RPC VI, 3291


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3291 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	3291 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Maximinus
Person (obv.)	Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription	Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ 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 front
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition	Νικαιέων
Translation	of the Nicaeans
Reverse design	Zeus(?) standing facing, head left, holding branch and long sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	7.37 g
Axis	7
Reference	Weiser 53
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Sarapis?

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			Cologne	Weiser 53	25	6.94	7	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse) ; 'bärtiger Gott steht steht halbnackt im Himation nach links; hält in der Linken Szepter, in der ausgestreckten Rechten Zweig'	Show
2	2				Opisthodomos 1, 1 May 2022, lot 575	25	7.80			Show