RPC VI, 7102 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7102 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Σε(βαστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, the metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 eparchies, twice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head right, resting on club set on rock, with lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 25.57 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Ziegler, Münzen 738, SNG France 1609, BMC 227
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1894,0402.241 BMC 227
2 2     P: 1361 SNG 1609
3 3     Ziegler, Münzen 738
4 4     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
5 5     ✸ Leu WA 15, 27 Feb. 20201, lot 1340