RPC VI, 3316 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3316 (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 Heracles advancing, right, lion skin around neck, shooting arrows at the Stymphalian birds, two of them falling pierced to the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.63 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 669
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1131 Wa 437 = Rec 669
2 2     V