RPC VI, 3555 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3555 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν Πόντῳ
Translation of the Heracleans in Pontus
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head right, lion skin around neck, holding bow, shooting arrows at the Stymphalian birds, two of them falling pierced to the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.81 g
Axis 6
Reference NC 4 (1964), 159,1
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: 63.1501