RPC VI, 4686 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4686 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Publius Proclianus (strategos)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ Ι ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰ(ούλιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ ΕΠ Ϲ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΟΠΛΙΟΥ
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων πρώτων Ἀσίας ἐπ(ὶ) σ(τρατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ποπλίου
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, three times neocorate, first in Asia, under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Publius
Reverse design front view of temple with four columns within which statue of Rome, left, between two temples seen in three-quarter view
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 18.86 g
Axis 5
Reference Klose 1
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1966.453 Klose 1.2
2 2     P: 2737 Klose 1.1 = Burrell 51, 19