RPC VI, 3493 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3493 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design youthful male figure seated nude on rock, right, resting arm on uncertain circular object (water urn?), and holding uncertain object; to right, branch (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.22 g
Reference SNG vA 802
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/53365 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/19989.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 802
2 2     ✸ Themis 9, 11 April 2021, lot 417