RPC VI, 7105 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,1001.16 NC 1963, 70
2 2     P: 1369 SNG 1601 = Wa 4659
3 3     B: I-B1900 ZfN III, 338, 13
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 269, 30 Nov. 2011, lot 270
5 5     CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 333
6 6     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 273
7 7     Levante 1100
8 8     NC 1963, 64
9 9     NC 1963, 71
10 10     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2409 = Peus 378, Apr. 2004, 1118 = ACRoma 4, Dec. 2011, 281
11 11     Ziegler, Münzen 740
12 12     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 470 = Naumann 45, lot 562
13 13     Roma Numismatics EA 118, 8 Apr. 2024, lot 1132 = Roma Numismatics EA 109, 11 May 2023, lot 865