RPC VI, 5224 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 5224 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Aktiakos II (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥΛ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰούλ(ιος) 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 ΕΠΙ ΓΡΑΜΜ ΑΥΡ ΑΚΤΙΑΚΟΥ Β ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γραμμ(ατέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀκτιακοῦ βʹ Μαγνήτων
Translation under the grammateus Aurelius Aktiakos II, of the Magnetes
Reverse design Hephaestus seated on cippus, right, about to hammer a helmet on top of a column, in front of Athena standing, left, holding spear; behind, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 16.42 g
Axis 5
Reference Schultz 307–8
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1532 Wa 1759 = Schultz 308
2 2     B: I-B MG 129, 92 = Schultz 307 (Cesano, RIN 30, 1917, 56; Brommer, Chiron 2, 1972, taf. 28, 7; Nollè, JNG 45, 1995)
3 3     Rome: 80307 Calomino MNR 283
4 4     ✸ A-KIKPE Lanz 149, 24 June 2010, lot 478 = SNG Kikpe II, 616
5 5     Rex Numismatics E-Rex 18, 20 Feb. 2025, lot 463