RPC VI, 7110 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7110 (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 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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ(ΕΩϹ) Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως 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 Perseus standing facing, head left, wearing winged boots, holding chlamys, harpa and Gorgon's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 25.87 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1614, BMC 228
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1872,0709.262 BMC 228
2 2     L: 1925,1001.17 NC 1963, 72
3 3     P: 1355 SNG 1614
4 4     P: 2002.2
5 5     Mu: 21
6 6     NY: 1938.21.061
7 7     NY: 1944.100.54582
8 8     Heritage WC 3035, Sept. 2014, 32139 (ex Hirsch 263, Sept. 2009, 2878)
9 9     NC 1963, 65
10 10     NC 1963, 66
11 11     NC 1963, 67
12 12     NC 1963, 68
13 13     NC 1963, 69
14 14     ✸ Roma Numismatics, May 2013 Auction, 21 May 2013, lot 961
15 15     Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 264 = Naville Numismatics 23, 12 June 2016, lot 226 = Naville Numismatics 21, 20 Mar. 2016, lot 351