RPC VI, 7119 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7119 (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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Amphilochus standing, left, holding laurel branch, chlamys and arrow; at his feet, boar(?), left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 27.99 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 218
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1869,0701.5 BMC 218
2 2     ✸ P: 2002.31 Triton V, Jan. 2002, 1756
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 921