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Image of specimen #4 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7105 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 7105 (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 ΜΗΤΡ Α Μ Κ Γ Β |
Edition | Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητρ(οπόλεως) 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 | temple with four columns, enclosing Apollo standing, left, looking back, holding laurel branch and helmet(?) over small tree(?); in pediment, eagle facing, head right, spreading wings |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 37 mm |
Average weight | 25.68 g |
Axis | 5, 6, 12 |
Reference | Ziegler, Münzen 740, SNG France 1601, Levante 1100 |
Specimens | 13 (3 in the core collections) |