RPC VI, 4532 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4532 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Magistrate Septimius Menestratianos (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆρ(ος) Μαξιμεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΕΠ ΜΕΝΕϹΤΡΑΤΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Σεπ(τιμίου) Μενεστρατιανοῦ ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Σαρδιανῶν δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation under Septimius Menestratianos, first archon, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head right, holding club and dragging bull before a lighted monumental altar of Zeus Lydios decorated with caryatids
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 32.77 g
Reference GRPCL 635, Hochard 2103
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz 154, June 2012, 426 = Lanz 154, 11 June 2012, lot 426