RPC VI, 3473 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3473 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ Α
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Α(ὔγουστος)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, neocorate
Reverse design lectisternium (?): on kline semi-circular object underneath wreath out of which emerge branches; beneath, basis with vase, between a female and a male figure standing each in front of a palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.51 g
Axis 8
Reference Rec 344
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note For the type, compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/19967 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/19997.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1432 Rec 344.2
2 2     G SNG 1120 = Rec 344.1 = Hunterian II, 255, 17
3 3     Lindgren I, 174