RPC VI, 3318


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/3318 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	3318 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Maximinus
Person (obv.)	Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription	Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΖΙΜΟϹ (retrograde) Κ
Obverse design	bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design	Heracles standing nude, left, wrestling against the giant Antaeus and lifting him aloft from behind
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	1, 12
Reference	Rec 670–1
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 114 = Rec 671	24	7.07	12	Rev.: GIC 255 (Nike standing r., holding wreath and palm (on reverse))	Show
2	2 ✸	P: 1132	Rec 670	24	6.51	12		Show
3	3	Winterthur: 2465		24	7.22	1		Show
4	4		CGT coll.	23	8.75	12	Obv.: GIC 65 (laureate bust r.; on obverse)	Show