RPC VI, 4808 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4808 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Artemidoros, son of Meliton (grammateus)
Alliance with Sparta
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΓΑ Ι ΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΞ[ΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ?]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γά(ϊος) Ἰ(ούλιος) Οὐῆρ(ος) Μαξιμεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Γ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΛΙΤΩΝΟϹ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γ(ραμματέως) Ἀρτεμιδόρου τοῦ Μελιτῶνος ὁμόνοια Νυσαέων καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων
Translation under the grammateus Artemidoros, the son of Meliton, concord of the Nysaeans and Lacedaemonians
Reverse design Mên standing facing, head left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding long sceptre and patera, in front of archaic cult-statue of Ares standing nude, right,wearing helmet, holding spear(?) and small round shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 52 mm
Average weight 49.22 g
Reference Franke-Nollé 1453, GRPCL 181
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P Wa 7052 (under Tabae) = Franke-Nollé 1453 = CMRDM 42