RPC VI, 3534 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3534 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥΛ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ Κ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μάξιμος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximus 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 Heracles nude standing, right, wrestling against the giant Antaeus and hurling him to the ground(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.86 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 69
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note Not illustrated

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Rec 69
1 1     ✸ B: L1906
2 2     Private coll. (found on ebay)
3 3     Herakles Numismatics
4 4     N&N London Green X, 5 June 2023, lot 261
5 5     Numismatik Naumann 142, 7 July 2024, lot 416
6 6     Naville Numismatics 93, 15 Dec. 2024, lot 289