RPC VI, 7104 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7104 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Οὐῆρος Μαξιμεῖνος Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕω Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεω(ς) 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 Apollo Lykeios standing facing, nude, on omphalos, head left, holding bow and wolf by forelegs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 25.22 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ziegler, Münzen 743, BMC 215–6, SNG France 1591, Cop 379
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1865,1202.9 BMC 215
2 2     L: 1894,0402.239 BMC 216
3 3     P: 1354 SNG 1591
3 3     CNG EA 494, 23 June 2021, lot 322
4 4     B: I-B1900 Mi III, 640, 509
5 5     Cop: 379
6 6     NY: 1944.100.54596
7 7     CNG 304, June 2013, 272
8 8     CNG 310, Sept. 2013, 312
9 9     CNG EA 369, 24 Feb. 2016, lot 433
10 10     Ziegler, Münzen 743
11 11     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 113, 28 Sept. 2023, lot 610