RPC VI, 7108 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7108 (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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Π(ατήρ) 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 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 Heracles standing, left, holding club and apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 25.60 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference SNG France 1588, BMC 226, Levante 1097, Levante S1 277
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1892,0403.9 BMC 226
2 2     P: L656 SNG 1588 = Wa 4658
3 3     Levante S 277 = CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 579 = CNG Mail Bid Sale 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1164
4 4     Levante 1097 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1164 = CNG EA 433, 28 Nov. 2018, lot 214
5 5     Levante S1 277
6 6     ✸ Naumann 88, 5 Apr. 2020, lot 523 = Leu WA 19, 19 Feb. 2022, lot 2300
7 7     Savoca 14, 23 Apr. 2017, lot 420
8 8     Biga Numismatics EA 21, 1 July 2023, lot 339