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)

Specimens of this coin type