RPC VI, 7109 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7109 (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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Οὐῆρος Μαξιμεῖνος Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Π(ατὴρ) 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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ Μητροπό(λεως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Paris seated on rock, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding pedum and apple; before him, from left to right, Athena standing, right, holding spear and resting on shield on the ground; veiled Hera seated on throne, right; Aphrodite standing nude, right, drawing drapery from shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 25.53 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference SNG France 1587, BMC 223
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1873,0702.21 BMC 223
2 2     P: 1359 SNG 1587
3 3     B: I-B1900 Mi III, 640, 573
4 4     B: L1906
5 5     C: Lewis SNG 1749
6 6     Mu: 20
7 7     V: GR 19249
8 8     Boston: 59.243
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 2235
10 10     CNG 126, 28 May 2024, lot 461 = CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1755 = Heritage 3101, 25 August 2022, lot 32073 = Triton V, 15 January 2002, lot 1755 = CNG XXIV, 9 Dec. 1992, lot 497
11 11     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 181, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 1851 = Roma Numismatics XX, 29 Oct. 2020, lot 385
12 12     Pompeii Auction 2, 3 Dec, 2021, lot 564
13 13     CNG 132, 18 May 2026, lot 615 = CNG 127, 17 Sept. 2024, lot 364