RPC VI, 7127 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7127 (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 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 ΜΗΤΡΟ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητρο(πόλεως) 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 Sarapis seated on throne, left, holding long sceptre and extending right hand over little Horus standing, left; before him, Isis standing, left, holding sistrum; behind him, Tyche of the City(?) standing, right, wearing turreted crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.33 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG France 1608, SNG Pfalz 1381
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1358 SNG 1608
2 2     B: L1906
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.54592
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1381
5 5     Ares 6, 19 Jan. 2020, lot 326