RPC VI, 6942 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6942 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Coracesium
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥΛ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Οὐῆρος Μάξιμος Καῖσαρ Γ(άϊος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Οὐῆρος Μάξιμος Καῖσαρ
Translation Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΡΑΚΗϹΙΩΤΩΝ
Edition Κορακησιωτῶν Κορακησιωτῶν
Translation of the Coracesians
Reverse design Zeus (?) standing facing, head left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 14.19 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Levante, Korakesion 31, Watson 432
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note BMC and Levante called the figure Zeus, but is perhaps more like Ares.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: H.P.B.P.130.N.I BMC 2 = Levante, Korakesion 31b
2 2     Cop: 113 Levante, Korakesion 31a