RPC VI, 3931 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3931 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Troas
City Abydus
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΝΟϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμε<ῖ>νος
Translation Emperor Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΒΥΔΗΝ
Edition Ἀβυδην(ῶν)
Translation of the Abydenians
Reverse design hero Abydos standing nude, left, holding chlamys and placing hand on prow at his feet; before him, cow(?), left, looking back, suckling calf; in the background, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 20.73 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18268687, L1906
2 2     Boston: 1997.140