RPC VI, 4233 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4233 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Neilos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Κ Γ ΙΟΥΛ ΒΗΡΟϹ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ(?)
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right(?), seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΝΕΙΛΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Demeter standing, left, looking back, holding long torch and ears of poppy, and Dionysus standing, left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus; at his feet, panther raising paw, left; to left, pelta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Reference von Fritze, Pergamon pl. IV,23, BMC 338, Cop 507
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Note No obverse surviving
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.944 BMC 338
2 2     B: 979/1912 Pergamon in Ältertum, 356 (found in Pergamum)
3 3     B: L1906 von Fritze, Pergamon pl. IV, 23
4 4     Cop: 507
5 5     V: GR 16511
6 6     Turin Fabretti 3780
7 7     Lanz 154, June 2012, 425
8 8     ✸ Roma Numismatics E-Sale 26, 30 Apr. 2016, lot 436
9 9     AIIN 59, 2013, 37
10 10     Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3533
11 11     Savoca Coins Silver 167th Silver, 25 June 2023, lot 192