RPC VI, 7106 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7106 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ (ϹΕΒ) Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Οὐῆρος Μαξιμεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus 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 Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera, and Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff; between them, small Telesphorus standing facing, wearing mantle and hood
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.94 g
Axis 12
Reference Levante 1093
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 27617
2 2     CNG 85, Sept. 2010, 609
3 3     Hirsch 258, Sept. 2008, 2641
4 4     ✸ Levante 1093 = CNG 93, May 2013, 919
5 5     Künker eLive 40, 18 May 2016, lot 7751
6 6     Demos 45, 21–22 Feb. 2025, lot 1065
7 7     Numismad 23, 4–5 Apr. 2025, lot 665