RPC VI, 7123 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7123 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Οὐῆρος Μαξιμεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Ἰού(λιος) Οὐῆ(ρος) Μαξιμεῖνος Σε(βαστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ(Ε) Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλε(ως) 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 Dionysus holding thyrsus with Ariadne seated on car drawn by two centaurs, right, both raising hand, one holding lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.56 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1610, BMC 224–5, SNG vA 6030, Levante 1104
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1884,0707.4 BMC 225
2 2     L: 1897,0104.367 BMC 224
3 3     P: 1089 SNG 1610
4 4     CNG 60, May 2002, 1258 = Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 437
5 5     CNG EA 571, 25 Sept. 2024, lot 457 = Levante 1104 = CNG 93, May 2013, 925 (ex CNA 64, Sept. 2003, 709)
6 6     vA 6030
7 7     ✸ Leu WA 15, 27 Feb. 20201, lot 1342
8 8     CNG Triton XXVII Online Sessions, 17 Jan. 2024, lot 5449 = CNG EA 413, 31 Jan. 2018, lot 270