RPC VI, 7120 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7120 (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 Athena advancing, right, looking back, holding spear with shield and Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 22.21 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference SNG France 1585, BMC 220, SNG Pfalz 1383
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.1602 BMC 220
2 2     P: 1351 SNG 1585
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     NY: 1944.100.54595
5 5     V: GR 19246
6 6     CNG 168, July 2007, 161
7 7     CNG 181, Feb. 2008, 206
8 8     CNG 324, Apr. 2014, 264
9 9     CNG 93, May 2013, 922
10 10     ✸ Kunker 216, Oct. 2012, 1168
11 11     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1383
12 12     Falghera 2009
13 13     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 219 ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli coll.
14 14     CGT coll. = ACR EA 11, 23 Sept. 2013, lot 549
15 15     Numismatica Ibercoin EA 32, 18 Dec. 2019, lot 187