RPC VI, 3534 (temporary)

 

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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
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ
Reverse design Heracles nude standing, right, wrestling against the giant Antaeus and hurling him to the ground(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 69
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Not illustrated
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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