RPC VI, 3531 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3531 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
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 ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ
Edition Προυσιέων πρός Ὑπίῳ
Translation of the Prusians near Hypium
Reverse design draped youthful bust, right, of Kieros(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.10 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 68
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1605 Rec 68 = I-B, JIAN 1, pl. II, 23
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42369
3 3     V-ON SNG Leypold 269
4 4     V-ON SNG Leypold 270
5 5     vA 907
6 6     Milan: 6984
7 7     CNG EA 458, 18 Dec. 2019, lot 229
8 8     ✸ Herakles Numismatics
9 9     Naumann 100, 7 Mar. 2021, lot 1291
10 10     Roma EA 98 16 June 2022, lot 876; Dara Antiques Museum EA 2, 9 Oct. 2021, lot 756
11 11     Roma Numismatics EA 118, 8 Apr. 2024, lot 1134 = Roma Numismatics EA 114, 23 Nov. 2023, lot 796 = Roma Numismatics EA 98, 16 June 2022, lot 876